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Prospectus —The Prospectus of courses, lectures, and other 
educational advantages offered to members and to the general 
public, lists 37 elementary courses and 9 advanced and research 
courses, in addition to various lectures, talks at schools, teachers’ 
conferences, docentry, and the opportunities afforded by the 
plantations, conservatories, herbarium, library, and otherwise. 
Botanic Garden Classes.—The registration in our own classes 
reached a total of 3,386, with a total attendance of 24,483. De- 
tails concerning our war garden work are given above, on page 27. 
Public Lectures and Addresses-—A total of 80 public lectures 
and addresses were given by members of staff, of which 15 were 
given at the Garden, and 65 outside the Garden. 
Penny Packets of Seed—On account of the increased cost to 
us of seed, it was necessary in 1918 to charge two cents a packet 
for our “penny” packets of seed. Partly on this account, but 
perhaps more largely on account of the vigorous activity of other 
organizations, educational and commercial, undertaking to sell 
seeds to children for war gardens, the total sale of packets 
reached only 94,000, as against 120,755 in 1917. We feel, how- 
ever, that even with the diminished sales, the results were more 
substantial and gratifying, for the seeds were used with more 
care, and a larger percentage of packets apparently resulted in 
successful crops. These more satisfactory results may be at- 
tributed in part to the general war garden interest, but more 
largely to our own educational work along these lines during the 
past five years. 
First Motion Pictures—Motion pictures were used for the 
first time at the Garden on October 5, when three reels illus- 
trating plant life, the commercial preparation of manilla hemp 
fiber, and other subjects, were exhibited to the boys and girls 
who had plots during the year in our children’s gardens. On 
this occasion the Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs presented to the director 
of the Garden the sum of $36.50 for the support of a French war 
orphan. 
iiffect of the Pandemic.—The attendance of classes from 
schools and at our own Garden classes during October was di- 
munished by the pandemic of influenza and pneumonia, the num- 
