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On November 19, at one of its regular Wednesday afternoon 
teas, Miss Ellen Eddy Shaw, curator of elementary instruction, 
Brooklyn Botanic Garden, spoke to the library school of the New 
York Public Library on the work of her department. The audi- 
ence consisted of library school students, alumnae, members of 
the New York Public Library Staff, and visitors. 
About 25 students of the library school of the New York Pub- 
lic Library visited the Garden library on October 3, 1919, accom- 
panied by Miss Edith W. Tiemann, registrar of the school. The 
librarian gave an informal talk on the methods used in the or- 
ganization of the library, and answered a number of questions 
regarding the work of the library brought forth by the inspection 
of various files and catalogues. Tea was served in the exhibit 
room, after which the class was shown through the economic 
house and then taken for a tour of the grounds by Dr. Olive and 
Dr. Gundersen. 
Awarding of Certificates —On Saturday afternoon, December 
13, 1919, certificates in children’s gardening were awarded to the 
eight young women who completed the vear’s course of instruc- 
tion during 1919, as follows: Jean Caldwell, Eva Dudman, Olive 
Houghton, Anna Remmert, Ethel A. Weeks, Hannah M. Sweeton, 
L. Adele Richards, Mrs. Anna Everson Bailey. The address was 
by Mr. Ray P. Snyder, supervisor of junior project work, of the 
New York State Department of Education, Albany, on “The 
School Garden as a Means of Education.” Following the exer- 
cises in the auditorium, tea was served in the main rotunda of 
the laboratory building. Following the custom of former vears 
the graduating class of the preceding year presented a gift to the 
Botanic Garden. The gift this year was a brass samover. The 
present year’s class also presented a cement shaft for the sun dial 
which was given in 1914 by the class of that year. The shaft, a 
small model of which was exhibited, was designed by Miss Isabelle 
M. Kimball. 
The Garden library has received volume one, number one (Oc- 
tober, 1919) of the Boletin del Laboratorio Municipal de Guaya- 
