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As special examiner appointed by the Brooklyn Council of 

 Boy Scouts I have given several tests to candidates for merit 

 badges in Agriculture, Conservation, Forestry, Botany, and 

 Gardening. In addition I have had two special classes of young 

 boys, one from the Boys' High School, and one from P. S. 147, 

 for instruction in the identification of woody plants. 



Editorial Work and Other Activities 



I have continued to serve on the Editorial Board of the Ameri- 

 can Journal of Botany, as well as acting as Assistant Editor of 

 the Botanical Education Section of Botanical Abstracts. I have 

 also edited the 1924 series of Brooklyn Botanic Garden Leaflets, 

 consisting of 10 numbers. In January, 1924, I was elected 

 Secretary of the Torrey Botanical Club. 



Publicity 



The weekly bulletin of happenings at the Garden entitled 

 "Brooklyn Botanic Garden Notes" has been continued through 

 1924, more than 100 typewritten pages having been issued to 

 about 25 newspapers and other news-distributing agencies, 

 including the metropolitan dailies and several Long Island papers. 

 It is gratifying to receive reports from various parts of the 

 country and from foreign countries, showing that these articles 

 are widely read and to feel that this part of our work is helping 

 the Garden to become better known each year. 



On July 24 the newspaper, Amrita Bazar Patrika, of Calcutta, 

 India, published a quotation from the American Review of 

 Reviews concerning the floating fern {Azolla) growing on the 

 surface of the water in the brook and terminal pool at the Garden. 

 The Brooklyn edition of the New York American carries daily 

 announcements of all events at the Garden. The Norwegian 

 weekly {Nordiske Tidende) (Norwegian Times) for April 24 and 

 later issues had prominent articles on the Brooklyn Botanic 

 Garden {Brooklyn s Botaniske Have), and the April 26 issue of 

 Brooklyn, the weekly official organ of the Brooklyn Chamber of 

 Commerce, carried an instructive illustrated article of nearly 

 two pages on the Garden, written by Miss Marguerite A. Salomon, 

 of the Chamber of Commerce. 



