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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. 
Children’s Gardens 
A plot of about three quarters of an acre in the southeast part 
of the Botanic Garden has been set aside for the theoretical and 
practical instruction of children in gardening. The larger part of 
this area is laid out in garden plots which will accommodate about 
150 children. In 1925 there was added to the southern part of 
this plot a Shakespeare Garden, the gift of Mr. Henry S. Folger. 
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FLOWER AND 
FRUIT STERILITY 
The annual financial losses in flower and fruit crops due to 
various types of sterility is so great that the problem has become 
one of the first importance, from the commercial as well as the 
scientific point of view. In recognition of this fact, an Inter- 
national Conference on Flower and Fruit Sterility was held in 
Greater New York on August 12-14, 1926, under the auspices and 
with the financial support of the Horticultural Society of New 
York. The organization of the Conference was in charge of an 
