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Plants,” March 17-31. This course was preliminary to his out-of- 
door course of eight field trips on “ Spring Flowers and Ferns,” 
for which twenty-nine persons registered. | 
Sixty-six persons registered for Dr. Graves’s course on “ Trees 
and Shrubs of Brooklyn and Vicinity.” This course consisted of 
ten outdoor lessons in the Botanic Garden and elsewhere in 
Greater New York, supplemented by preparatory lectures and con- 
ferences. The class met on Saturday afternoons from April 8 to 
June Io, 
Boys’ and Girls’ Club—At a meeting of the Boys’ and Girls’ 
Club of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden on Saturday morning, Feb- 
ruary 4, silver pins were conferred on nine boys and five girls, who 
reported on the following topics, each boy or girl having made a 
special study of one of the topics during the preceding three 
months: Ageratum, Algae, Bacteria, Bracket Fungi, Ferns, Mono- 
cotyledons, Pollination, Papyrus plant, Sisal fiber, Manila hemp, 
Edible banana, Bag-worm, Our Japanese Garden, Some of the 
Japanese temple trappings. At the meeting on April 1 a group of 
seventeen boys and girls gave illustrated talks on various operations 
of planning and preparing gardens. At this meeting, and also at 
one held April 22, silver pins were awarded for special work of 
merit in the various children’s courses at the Botanic Garden. 
Silver pins are awarded only to those who have previously been 
awarded bronze pins. 
Alfred T. White Scholarship Award. —At a meeting of the Boys’ 
and Girls’ Club in the Auditorium, Saturday morning, June 10, the 
Alfred T. White scholarship was presented for the third time. 
The recipient was John J. Wille. This scholarship of One Hun- 
dred Dollars in cash was established by Mr. White as one of the 
means of encouraging the interest of boys and girls in the study 
of plant life. The recipient must have done work of superior 
excellence for at least three years in the Botanic Garden, must 
present a certificate from his or her high-school principal of satis- 
factory school work, especially in biology, and must give assurance 
of intention of entering some college, and of specializing in some 
phase of plant study, such as botany, forestry, horticulture, et 
cetera. 
