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ie COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 
A. Children’s Gardens: Nature Study 
For the work in Children’s Gardening and Nature Study the 
following equipment is available: 
1. The Children’s Gardens, on a piece of land about three- 
quarters of an acré in extent, in the south-east part of the Botanic 
Garden, divided into about 150 plots which are used through- 
out the season for practical individual instruction in gardening. 
2. The Children’s Building, at the north end of this plot, con- 
taining rooms for consultation and for the storage of tools, seeds, 
notebooks, special collections, etc. 
3. The Instructional Greenhouses, three in number, for the use 
of juvenile as well as adult classes for instruction in plant propa- 
gation and related subjects. 
4. Two large Classrooms, (in addition to the Boys’ and Girls’ 
Club Room in the Laboratory Building), equipped with stereo- 
scopes and views, a stereopticon, plant collections, economic ex- 
hibits, models, and other apparatus and materials for instruction. 
5. Three Laboratory Rooms, with the usual equipment for plant 
study. 
6. The Auditorium, on the ground floor, capable of seating 570 
persons, and equipped with a motion-picture lantern and stere- 
opticon. 
In addition to these accommodations, the dried plant specimens 
in the herbarium and the living plants in the conservatories and 
plantations are readily accessible, while the main library and chil- 
dren’s library, which contain a comprehensive collection of books 
on every phase of gardening and plant life, may be consulted freely 
at any time. 
1. Courses for Children 
The following courses are open to all boys and girls. Enroll- 
‘ment in these courses entitles the boy or girl to membership in the 
Boys’ and Girls’ Club of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. This club, 
having an active membership of about 1,000, meets four times a 
year for discussion of subjects related to plant life. Papers, by 
