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By the Curator of Public Instruction: 
January 11. Plant doctors and human doctors. The Garden 
Teacher’s Association, Brooklyn Botanic Garden. 
January 30. The scientific meetings at Pittsburgh. Torrey 
Botanical Club, at the New York Botanical Garden. 
April 1. School Gardens. Teachers of Public School 139, 
April 25. Plant diseases and the wheat problem. The Brook- 
lyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, Department of Educa- 
tion. Academy of Music, Brooklyn. 
October 26. Some plant diseases of New York and Virginia. 
Public lecture at the New York Botanical Garden. 
By the Curator of Plant Breeding: 
April 16. What plant breeding is doing for agriculture and 
horticulture. Biology teachers. Erasmus High School, 
Flatbush. 
May 5. Plant breeding and increased food production. Win- 
the-war garden public lectures. Brooklyn Botanic Garden. 
August 24. Castor bean seed selection for 1919. Conference 
of U. S.:government contractors. Memphis, Tenn. 
November 1. The castor bean situation for 191g from an 
agricultural standpoint. Conference with officers of Cas- 
tor Bean Section, Aircraft Production, War Dept., and 
interested agricultural officials. Washington, D. C. 
November 5. The castor bean situation for rorg. Confer- 
ence of Experiment Station and Extension Staff. State 
Agricultural College, Manhattan, Kan. 
By the Curator of Elementary Instruction: 
April 24. Gardening for Women. Wellesley College, Wel- 
lesley, Mass. 
June 19. Gardening for Girls. Bay Ridge High School at 
Brooklyn Botanic Garden. 
June 26. Graduation Address. Public School 140, Brooklyn. 
July 26. Children’s Work at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. 
Before a class from Teachers’ College (Columbia Uni- 
versity), at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. 
October 3. Bulb Culture. Mothers’ Club of the Hoagland 
