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year than before, due partly to labor troubles, the diversity of our 
development work on the grounds, and the unprecedented diffi- 
culty of getting top-soil and some other materials. These details 
demanded more time during the collecting season than ever 
before. 
Respectfully submitted, 
NorMAN TAYLOR, 
Curator of Plants. 
REPORT OF THE GURATOR OF PUBEIG INSTRUC. 
TION FOR 1919 
Dr. C. Stuart GaAGER, DIRECTOR. 
Sir: | have the honor to submit herewith my report as curator 
of public instruction for the year ending December 31, 1919. 
Courses of Instruction 
A course for the training of gardeners has been added to the 
four groups of courses of instruction given for some years at the 
Garden. This course is conducted in cooperation with the Fed- 
eral Board for Vocational Training, and embraces practical out- 
door, as well as indoor, work and study extending over a period of 
two years. Four ex-soldiers have been taking this work since 
September, 1919, 
The group of courses for Teachers of Children’s Gardening 
has been changed somewhat in number and scope. Instead of 
the eleven both short and long courses listed in the previous year, 
a combination of the work has been made in such a manner as to 
show in this group only five unit courses; but these have all been 
lengthened to thirty sessions each, thereby lasting from Sep- 
tember to May. Further, this work, which is under the efficient 
direction, as heretofore, of Miss Shaw, has been thrown open as 
unit courses to teachers in general. These courses have been 
accepted by the Brooklyn Teachers’ Association and appear in 
their new syllabus. They have also been accepted by the Board 
of Education for teachers’ credits as follows: 
