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with a stereopticon, and other schools, may arrange for classes, ac- 
companied by their teachers, to come to the Botanic Garden for 
lectures either by the teacher or by a member of the Garden Staff. 
(b) Notice of such a visit should be sent at least one week 
previous to the date on which a talk is desired. These talks will 
be illustrated by lantern slides, and by the conservatory collection 
of useful plants from the tropics and subtropics. Spring and fall 
announcements of topics will be issued during 1924-25. 
(c) The Garden equipment, including greenhouses, plant mate- 
rial, lecture rooms, lantern and slides, is at the disposal of teachers 
who desire to instruct their own classes at the Garden. Arrange- 
ments must be made in advance so that such work will not conflict 
with other classes and lectures. for High School classes address 
Curator of Public Instruction. For Junior High and Elementary 
School classes address Curator of Elementary Instruction. 
(d) The principal of any elementary or high school in Brooklyn 
may arrange also for a series of six lessons on plant culture to be 
given during the fall or spring to a class. ‘These lessons will be 
worked out for the most part in the greenhouse. Such a course 
must be arranged for in advance, and the class must be accom- 
panied by its teacher. Adapted for pupils above the fourth grade. 
C. School and Home Gardening.—In order to encourage gar- 
dening in the school and at home, an annual Children’s Garden 
Exhibit is held at the Garden in September. Prizes for excellence 
in various subjects are awarded to both schools and individuals. 
The privilege of competition in this exhibition is open to any school 
and also to any boy or girl in Brooklyn, even though the garden 
products exhibited may have been raised at his summer home. 
Leaflet describing in detail the conditions for the exhibit and the 
prizes offered will be mailed on request. 
The exhibit for 1924 will be held on Friday and Saturday, Sep- 
tember 26 and 27. All exhibits, of schools as well as of individ- 
uals, must be brought to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden before 12 
o’clock, Friday, September 26. The exhibits will be judged at 
1 .o’clock on that afternoon, and will be open for public schools at 
2 p.m., Friday, when classes are invited to come with their teachers. 
The exhibit will be open to the general public on Friday afternoon 
and on Saturday from 10 to 4. After 4 o’clock on Saturday after- 
