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Bates, daughter of Mrs. Mary Bates Spalding; one to Mrs. 
Glentworth R. Butler, and the third to Dr. C. Stuart Gager. 
The perennial border, started in 1924, was a thing of beauty 
this season. 
A series of exhibits, for teachers and children, has been in- 
augurated. Three such exhibits were given during the spring 
of 1925; two in the fall. The spring exhibits were as follows: 
March 24—Economic Plants; April 29—Plant Friends and 
Enemies; May 21—Exhibit of Wild Flowers, Trees and Weeds. 
The fall exhibits were held on November 12—Harvest Exhibit, 
and on December 8—Christmas Greens. This last was given in 
cooperation with Mrs. Clarence R. Hyde, who was to stage an 
exhibit of substitutes for Christmas greens in the interests of 
plant conservation, and since both exhibits were planned for 
the same time, it was decided to combine them. This exhibit 
was open to the public from December 8 to 23. All the exhibits 
were well attended. 
During the spring a special class for greenhouse work was 
formed by the Child Study Association of New York. This wasa 
six weeks course. A course was planned also for a group of 
students from the Shore Road Academy. Hunter College sent 
classes during December for work on plant propagation. Girls’ 
Commercial High School has availed itself of the opportunity for 
special classes in greenhouse work. The Curator of Elementary 
Instruction gave a series of talks on gardening over the radio for 
Station WNYC, New York, during March and April. A little 
series of talks was requested by the Birch-Wathen private school 
of Manhattan. Three such talks have been given. 
Instruction for second-class scout tests in the study of trees 
and plants has been given at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden to 
the Girl Scouts by the assistant curator. This work has con- 
tinued through the year. 
Monthly exhibits have been set up in the Children’s Room of 
the Eagle Building. An exhibit of our work was requested by 
the Nature Study and Garden Section of the Michigan State 
Teachers’ Association, and was sent to Grand Rapids for their 
spring meeting. The exhibit consisted of a number of large 
posters displaying photographs and printed matter pertaining to 
the work of elementary education as carried on in our institution. 
