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Gift of Books—On October 26, the Garden library received 
as a gift from Mr. Leonard Barron, editor of the Garden Maga- 
zine, 91 books and 235 parts of publications. Some of the books 
are specially valuable for our library, comprising among other 
items, 16 volumes of the Magazine of Horticulture, Boston and 
New York, 1835-1854, and Mawson’s The Art and Craft of 
Garden Making. 
Gifts of Furniture—On September 19, P. S. 36 presented a 
mission seat for our children’s room. ‘The seat was made in the 
manual training class of the school by three boys who have taken 
a great deal of the work offered in our gardening and greenhouse 
classes. The acting principal of the school has also taken our 
course for garden teachers. On November 14, two mission 
chairs and a coat rack were presented by P. S. 43. These pieces 
were made by members of our Boys Club who were pupils of P. 
S. 43. The furniture is for our children’s room. 
Torrey Club Anniversary—On October 20 the Torrey Botan- 
ical Club, the oldest botanical organization in greater New York, 
and one of the oldest in the entire country, held the last of three 
semi-centennial meetings at the Garden. A scientific program, 
comprising twelve papers presenting the results of recent re- 
search, was held in the lecture room. Tea was served by the 
Garden staff, and the exercises closed with an inspection of the 
grounds. The two preceding meetings were held at Columbia 
University, on the 18th, and at the New York Botanical Garden, 
on the roth. 
Graduation of Garden Teachers —On December 8 occurred the 
fourth annual exercises in connection with the conferring of cer- 
tificates in children’s gardening. The chairman of the Botanic 
Garden Governing Committee, Mr. White, presided. The address 
to the class was given by Miss Elizabeth Leighton Lee, director of 
the School of Horticulture for Women, Ambler, Pa. In 1914 (the 
first year) seven certificates were presented; in 1915, four; in 
1916, thirteen; and this year, twenty-two. — 
One of the pleasantest features of these exercises has been 
the presentation of gifts to the Garden by classes and alumni. 
This year there were three such gifts, as follows: 
1. A Botanic Garden flag of silk, about three feet by four feet, 
