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May 5. Plant Breeding and Increased Food Production. 
Dr. Orland E. White, Curator of Plant Breeding. 
May 12. Bacteriology and the War. 
Dr. Ira S. Wile, former member of the Board of Education, 
New York City. 
May 19. Garden Insects—Good and Bad. 
Dr. E. P. Felt, State Entomologist of New York. 
May 26. Cultivation of Drug Plants. 
Dr. W. W. Stockberger, in charge of drug and poisonous 
plant investigations, U. S. Department of Agriculture 
In that phase of our elementary teaching done by Mr. toll, 
over 1,700 Boy Scouts were taught concerning trees or similar 
nature study subjects. This teaching was done for the most part 
on Sundays, evenings, and during vacation time, in addition to 
Mr. Stoll’s regular duties as custodian and registrar. Besides 
thus helping troops of Boy Scouts throughout the city to acquire 
-certain nature study information in which it is necessary for 
them to be proficient, Mr. Stoll has done much similar work 
during his vacation at the Boy Scout camps and Scout Master’s 
School at the Palisades Interstate Park. 
Cooperation with Schools, etc. 
Talks at Schools—Fifty-five talks and addresses were given 
during the year at various schools, clubs, etc., by members otf the 
Garden staff, with an attendance of about 10,000. 
Study and Loan Material—Petri dishes, used by the teachers 
in connection with the study of hygiene, were filled with nutrient 
material for the following High Schools: Girls’, Bay Ridge, 
Eastern District, Manual Training, and Erasmus Hall. Study 
material of various kinds was also given on request to several 
High Schools and Colleges throughout the city. 
Cryptogamic Herbarium 
The following accessions were made to the cryptogamic her- 
barium during 1918: 
Fungi, by gift from Mr. C. A. Schwarze, U. S. Dept. of penicure:. 45 
ard 
Fungi and ome by exchange with Prof. W. G. Farlow, of Harv 
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