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REPORT OF THE CURATOR OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION 



FOR 1924 



Dr. C. Stuart Gager, Director. 



Sir: I beg to submit herewith my report for the year ending 

 December 31, 1924: 



Public Lectures 



PubHc lectures at the Botanic Garden were given in 1924 as 

 follows: 



1. April 13. — Scenic Wonders of the Northwest. Mr. I^eRoy 

 Jeffers, F.R.G.S. 



2. April 27. — The Trees of Greater New York. Dr. Arthur 

 Harmount Graves, Curator of Public Instruction, Brooklyn 

 Botanic Garden. 



3. May 4.— Useful Tropical Plants. Dr. Orland E. White, 

 Curator of Plant Breeding and of Economic Plants, Brooklyn 

 Botanic Garden. 



4. May 18. — Rock Gardens. Mr. Montague Free, Horti- 

 culturist, Brooklyn Botanic Garden. 



5. June I. — Irises. Dr. (ieorge M. Reed, Curator of Plant 

 Pathology, Brooklyn Botanic Garden. 



6. September 21. — Asters and Other Herbaceous Perennials. 

 Mr. H. E. Downier, Horticulturist, Vassar College. 



7. September 28. — Water Lilies. Mr. Charles L. Tricker, 

 Horticulturist. 



8. October 5. — Cannas. Mr. Louis Wintzer, of the Conard 

 and Jones Company (now Conard-Pyle Co.). 



9. November 3. — The Effect of Electricity on the Growth of 

 Plants. Professor V. H. Blackman, University of London. 



Lectures 4-8 inclusive were devoted to special plant groups in 

 bloom in the Garden at the time of the lecture. In each case 

 a short talk in the lecture hall was followed by a visit to the 

 plants in flower in the Garden, where the lecturer demonstrated 

 the points discussed in his lecture, and answered questions 

 regarding culture, etc. 



