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class was then shown about the grounds by Dr. Graves and Miss 
Young. 
Motion-Picture Reels on Tea—On the afternoon of June fourth 
500 pupils from the Brooklyn Public Schools came in classes with 
their teachers to view the first showing of the motion-picture reels 
illustrating the tea industry. These reels were received at the 
Garden on May 1, 1924, as a gift from Sir Thomas Lipton. After 
the lecture the pupils were photographed in front of the Labo- 
ratory Building. The reels were shown again to about 400 pupils 
on the afternoon of June 10. 
The Heads of Department Association of the Borough of Brook- 
lyn met at the Botanic Garden on May 14. Before the meeting 
was held, at which the Department had its annual election ot 
officers, refreshments were served. Tollowing the meeting, Miss 
Ellen Eddy Shaw, Curator of Elementary Instruction, welcomed 
the Department to the Botanic Garden, and spoke briefly on the 
cooperation between the Garden and the Heads of Department. 
At the close of the meeting the members inspected the Children’s 
Room, and then visited the grounds under the guidance of Mr. 
Free, This was the annual meeting of the Association. There 
were 90 members present. 
Registration in Spring Courses.—Vhe registration in the spring 
courses for adults has been as follows: Greenhouse work for teach- 
ers (Miss Shaw), 44; The story of plant evolution (Dr. Gunder- 
sen), 6; Plants in the home (Mr. Free), 44; Trees and shrubs of 
Greater New York (Dr. Graves), 59; Spring flowers or ferns 
(Dr. Gundersen), 23; Spring Nature Study (Miss Hammond), 
instil, 
Harvard University Botanic Garden——The Brooklyn Botanic 
Garden received an invitation from the Visiting Committee of 
the Botanic Garden of Harvard University to attend a private 
view of that garden on Wednesday afternoon, June 11, 1924. It 
has been announced that the Harvard garden, which is one of the 
oldest scientific departments of Harvard University, having been 
founded in 1807, is to be made a testing ground for hardy herbs 
