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(Boulder Hill), the morainal pond (the “Lake’’), the labeled glacial 
bounders, and the Flatbush outwash plain. See Guide No. 7, 
“The Story of our Boulders: Glacial Geology of the Brooklyn Bo- 
tanic Garden.” 
Talks at Elementary Schools.—The war has made it impos- 
sible for public school classes to visit the Botanic Garden, and so 
the Garden is offering a short series of talks to be given at the 
schools on Mondays and Fridays. The number of speakers going 
out on any one day is limited because of other activities at the 
Botanic Garden. All talks will be illustrated with lantern slides; 
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be furnished by the Botanic Garden. Address the Curator of Ele- 
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1e lantern and operator must be provided by the school; slides will 
mentary Instruction for appointments. 
Talks at Secondary Schools and Colleges.—Informal illus- 
trated talks on various subjects of an advanced botanical nature 
are always gladly given at Secondary Schools and Colleges by 
members of the staff. Arrangements for such talks should be 
made with the Curator of Public Instruction. 
School Classes at the Garden.*—Public or private schools, 
both elementary and secondary, may arrange for classes to come 
to the Botanic Garden for illustrated lectures by a member of the 
Garden staff, or for guided tours of instruction through the con- 
servatories and outdoor plantations. Such lectures, conservatory 
trips, and outdoor trips are planned for correlation with the New 
York City school syllabi in nature study, biology, and geography. 
Visiting classes must be accompanied by their teachers, and 
notice of such visits should be sent at least one week in advance. 
Blank forms for this purpose are provided by the Garden. Lists 
of talks and trips offered will be sent on request: for Junior High 
and Elementary Schools address the Curator of Elementary In- 
1 Schools, the Curator of Public Instruction. 
The Garden equipment, including plant material, lecture rooms, 
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struction; for Hig 
lantern, and slides, is at the disposal of teachers who desire to 
instruct their own classes at the Garden. Arrangements must be 
* Visits to Botanic Gardens and Museums by Public School classes have 
been generally discontinued by the Board of Education for the duration of 
the war. Visits by classes from Private Schools and Colleges will be sched- 
uled in harmony with existing regulations. 
