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II. DOCENTRY 
To assist members and others in studying the collections the 
services of a docent may be obtained. Arrangements must be 
made by application to the Curator of Public Instruction at least 
one week in advance. No parties of less than six adults will be 
conducted. This service is free of charge to members; to others 
there is a charge of 50 cents per person. For information con- 
cerning membership in the Botanic Garden see page 3 of the 
cover of this Prospectus. 
ITT. COURSES OF INSTRUGTION 
A. Children’s Gardens: Nature Study 
For the work in Children’s Gardening and Nature Study the 
following equipment is available: 
1. The Children’s Gardens, on a piece of land about three- 
quarters of an acre in extent, in the south-east part of the Botanic 
Garden, divided into about 150 plots which are used throughout 
the season for practical individual instruction in gardening. 
2. The Children’s Building, at the north end of this plot, con- 
taining rooms for consultation and for the storage of tools, seeds, 
notebooks, special collections, etc. 
3. The Instructional Greenhouses, three in number, for the use 
of juvenile as well as adult classes for instruction in plant propa- 
gation and related subjects. 
4. Two Classrooms (in addition to the Boys’ and Girls’ Club 
Room in the Laboratory Building), equipped with stereoscopes 
and views, a stereopticon, plant collections, economic exhibits, 
models, and other apparatus and materials for instruction. 
5. Two Laboratory Rooms, with the usual equipment for plant 
study. 
6. The Auditorium, on the ground floor, capable of seating 570 
persons, and equipped with a motion-picture lantern and stere- 
opticon. 
In addition to these accommodations, the dried plant specimens 
in the herbarium and the living plants in the conservatories and 
plantations are readily accessible, while the main library and chil- 
