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its monthly organ, Museum Work. The May-June, 1924, issue 
of the latter contains an article on “ The Educational Value of a 
Botanic Garden,” based upon the work of the Brooklyn Botanic 
Garden. 
Unseasonable warm weather brought dandelions and heath 
(Erica) into bloom on January 18, 1924, and on the following day 
the Chinese witch-hazel (Hamamelis mollis). A period of low 
temperatures then occurred, followed by a second unusually warm 
spell on January 23, when other flowers on the same witch-hazel 
bush came into bloom. 
In harmony with the proclamation by the Acting Mayor of the 
City of New York, requesting the cessation of public activities in 
private as well as public business during the funeral of ex-Presi- 
dent Woodrow Wilson, the building and offices of the Botanic 
Garden closed at 2:45 p.m. on Wednesday, February 6. 
Recent visitors to the Garden include: February 6, Moses Jacob- 
son, formerly professor of physics at the Agricultural University, 
Gory-Gorki, Russia; Dr. T. Nakai, Imperial University, Tokyo; 
Prof. C. E, Allen, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Prof. Alice 
M. Ottley and Dr. Helen J. Davis, of the department of botany 
of Wellesley College, Prof. Ralph R. Stewart, Gordon College, 
Rowalpundi, India; Prof. Godfrey H. Thomson, Durham Univer- 
sity (England); and Prof. J. Massart and Madame Massart. 
Professor Massart is director of L’Institut Botanique Leo Errera 
and professor of botany in the University of Brussels, Belgium. 
By invitation the Brooklyn Botanic Garden has become a mem- 
ber of the Civic Council of Brooklyn, 
The Library School of the New York Public Library, including 
forty students under the direction of two instructors, visited the 
Garden Library on the afternoon of May 23. A short talk was 
given on the methods in use at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden Li- 
brary and the many questions asked indicated the interest shown 
by the students regarding library problems. Tea was served in 
Room 327, where the librarian introduced Dr. Graves, of the Bo- 
tanic Garden staff, who spoke of the activities of the Garden. The 
