THE BROOKLYN INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 
BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN 
RECORD 
April, 1920 
VoL. IX No. 2 
NINTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE. BROOKLYN 
BOTANIC GARDEN, 1919 
REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR 
To THE GOVERNING COMMITTEE oF THE BoTANIC GARDEN: 
Gentlemen: I have the honor to present herewith the ninth 
annual report of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, of the Brooklyn 
Institute of Arts and Sceinces, for the year 1919. 
Public Instruction 
Cooperation with the Federal Board for Vocational Education. 
—Last spring the facilities of the Garden were offered to the 
Division of Rehabilitation for Disabled Soldiers, Sailors, and 
Marines of the Federal Board for Vocational Education. The 
Federal Board was especially glad of an opportunity to place 
men in training for gardening on Long Island as many men seek- 
ing such an opportunity resided on the Island, or at such other 
points as made Brooklyn most readily accessible. A course of 
study was outlined, requiring two years to complete. This has 
been published in the annual Prospectus for 1920. It includes 
both theoretical and practical work in conservatories and planta- 
tions. Final certification of competence as a gardener is to be 
granted (on completion of the course) only after one year’s 
satisfactory experience, under direction, in an accepted commer- 
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