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seating about 570 and equipped with motion picture machine, 

 stereopticon and lecture table supplied with water, gas, and elec- 

 tric current for experimental lectures. 



Instructional Greenhouse - 



A range of three greenhouses, each about 20 x 30 feet, is pro- 

 vided for the practical instruction of children and adults in plant 

 propagation and other subjects. 



Children's Room 



A gift of $1,500 in 1921 from the late Mrs. George D. Pratt, 

 supplemented in 1923 by a further gift of $500 from Mr. George 

 D. Pratt, has made it possible to provide a beautifully decorated 

 room for the use of the Boys' and Girls' Club. Any boy or girl 

 who is enrolled, or has been enrolled, in any of the children's 

 classes at the Garden is eligible for membership in this club, which 

 now numbers about 1,000 active members. The room contains 

 shelves for a nature-study library, of which a nucleus has already 

 been secured, and is equipped with stereoscopic views, photographs, 

 and preserved and living specimens of plant life, for the instruction 

 and entertainment of boys and girls. The room is open free to all 

 children. Contributions of specimens and of books on nature 

 study and closely related subjects will be most welcome. 



Children's Garden Building 



This is located in the northern part of the Children's Garden 

 plot and contains a conference room and rooms for the storage of 

 garden tools and implements. The children's conference room 

 has been refitted this year with furniture appropriate to its uses. 

 The furniture was a gift from Mrs. James H. Post. Various col- 

 lections of plants, seeds, and insects of economic importance in the 

 garden are accessible here for consultation by the children. North 

 of the Children's Building is a plot planted to ornamental shrubs 

 and herbaceous perennials for the instruction of the children. 



