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Board of [ligher Education 
The scholarship in Botanic Garden Classes, awarded annually 
to a student in Brooklyn College for superior work in biology, 
was awarded in April to Gordon Meverhoff, and in October to 
Robert Gottlieb, both of whom were recommended by the 
Committee on Prizes and Scholarships of the Department. of 
Biology of the College. 
Much living plant material was supplied for the biology classes 
of all four colleges of the City College group-—City College 
(Manhattan), Hunter College (Manhattan), Brooklyn College, 
and Queens College. 
Dr. Ralph C. Benedict, professor of biology at the College, 
continued for his twenty-sixth vear as resident Investigator at 
the Garden, with special reference to ferns. 
Board of Education 
In-service Credit Classes. There were seven classes for Board 
of Education in-service credit—four 
n Elementary Instruction 
and three in Public Instruction departments, with a_ total 
registration of 303 (224 and 79, respectively). 
Phe Wiliam Howard Taft High School, 172nd Street and Morris 
Avenue, Bronx Borough, was completed early in 1941. In 
response to an inquiry from the principal, Mr. Maurice E. 
Rogalin, we were happy to supply in November, for the planting 
of the school grounds, about 50 Rose Mallow, about 50 larger 
shrubs, and herbaceous plants, in numerous varieties from our 
nursery and duplicates from our horticultural section. 
There were 1,118 classes accompanied by teachers visiting the 
Garden from public and private schools, with a total attendance 
of 73,688. On the spring and fall posters distributed to all 
schools, announcing talks at schools by members of the Garden 
staff, 38 topics were listed with the suggestion that talks on 
additional topics would be given if requested. 
Department of [os pitals 
The Horticulturist reports (p. 128) that in May the Garden 
contributed a quantity of herbaceous plants to the Triboro 
Hospital, which is conducted by the City Department of Hospi- 
