25 



Fig. 2. Victoria cruziana in flower. Conservatory Pool. 

 October 30. (3769.) 



accommodate more with our present staff and room-accommo- 

 dations. Teachers brought to the Garden in 1924 over 49,800 

 pupils. The other work — conferences with teachers, supply of 

 study material, loan lectures (lantern slides and text), addresses 

 and talks to teachers, mothers' clubs, and pupils at the schools, 

 the placing of living plants in school rooms, and other items — 

 is noted in the report of the curator of elementary instruction 

 and also on page 26. 



b. High Schools. — Our service to high schools has increased 

 greatly in bulk during 1924, including the supply of living study 

 material for botany classes, sterilized culture medium (agar) 

 for the study of bacteria and fungi, and demonstrations and 

 lectures at the Garden to high school classes and class delegates. 



In particular it should be noted that the Botanic Garden, 

 during 1924, supplied study material for the instruction of over 

 161,000 pupils in high schools, training schools, colleges, and 

 universities. The statistics of our educational work are sum- 

 marized in the following table: 



