4. April 27. What's New in the Garden. Edward I. Farring- 

 ton, Editor of Horticulture, Boston, Mass. 



Fall Lectures 



Fridays at 4: October 5-November 2 (omitting October 12) 



1. October 5. Ten Years of Garden Work with Brooklyn Boys 

 and Girls. Ellen Eddy Shaw, Curator of Elementary Instruction, 

 Brooklyn Botanic Garden. 



2. October 19. Bulbs and Their Allies. Hugh Findlay, As- 

 sistant Professor of Agriculture, Columbia University. 



3. October 26. The Evolution of Flowers. Alfred Gundersen, 

 Associate Curator of Plants, Brooklyn Botanic Garden. 



4. November 2. The Life of the Plant. Arthur Harmount 

 Graves, Curator of Public Instruction, Brooklyn Botanic Garden. 



III. COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 

 A. Children's Gardens: Nature Study 



I. Courses for Children 



The following courses are open to all boys and girls. Enrol- 

 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 nearly 1,000, meets four times a 

 year for discussion of subjects related to plant life. Papers on 

 various botanical subjects are read at these meetings, and the 

 speakers are then entitled to a silver pin, providing they have taken 

 courses of study at the Garden extending over at least six months. 

 For announcement concerning Children's Room see page 19. 



Ai. The Beginners' Garden. — Open annually to 50 boys and 

 girls who have never had instruction in gardening at the Brooklyn 

 Botanic Garden. This course takes up the subject of the small 

 garden, what to plant, how to plant it, care, replanting, etc. Ap- 

 plication for plots should be made in person or in writing before 

 March 1. Size of plots 8 ft. by 10 ft. All crops belong to the 

 individual. Fee, twenty-five cents. Saturday mornings, 9-12, 



April 21 to October 6. Miss Sanders. 



