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though several acres are still quite undeveloped, and maintenance 

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standat-ds. The details are given in the appended report of the 

 curator of plants. 



School for Gardeners 



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In my preceding report I noted the estabUshment of a school 

 for the training of gardeners, and the cooperative agreement en- 

 tered into with the Federal Board for Vocational Education for 

 the enrollment of disabled soldiers, sailors, and marines in these 

 courses. This school has increased in size, and the curriculum 

 has been enriched. Any young man contemplating gardening as 

 a life work may now find here opportunity for training such as 

 is offered in only two or three places in the United States. 



Establishment of a New Botanical Journal 



In 1914 the Garden, in cooperation w^th the Botanical Society 

 of America, made possible the estabUshment of a much needed 



new 



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tion of the results of botanical research. That journal is the 

 official organ of the Botanical Society of America. 



The rapid development of botanical science in the direction of 

 Ecology (the study of plants in relation to their environment), 

 found expression in 1915 in the organization of the Ecological 

 Society of America, and shortly thereafter the need began to be 

 felt for more ample opportunities to publish the results of ecolog- 

 ical investigations. This need began to be acute in 1919, and in 

 the latter part of that year inquiries w^ere made as to whether 

 the Brooklyn Botanic Garden was in a position to render to ecol- 

 logy a service similar to that rendered to botany in general in 

 1914 in the matter of a new journal. Negotiations were entered 

 into between the Garden and the Ecological Society which finally 

 led to a cooperative agreement for launching and publishing a 

 new journal to be called Ecology. The terms of this agreement 

 are published as Appendix 6 of this report. Ecology, issued 

 quarterly, is the official organ of the Ecological Society, and is 

 devoted to both plant and animal ecology. The four numbers of 

 1920 comprise 313 pages. 



