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of our buildings and grounds under guidance. The number ot 
such organizations meeting at the Garden in 1926 was 46, averag- 
ing nearly one a week. ‘Twenty-one of the meetings were in May. 
Many of these organizations, and their members, made sub- 
stantial contributions to our endowment fund, or other Gardes 
funds. 
The Garden and the Schools 
Supply of Study Material 
The extent to which the city schools make use of the Garden 
facilities steadily increases. During 1926 study material (chiefly 
living plants and plant parts) was supplied to 2450 teachers dis- 
tributed in 196 schools, as against the 1925 figures of 2279 teach- 
ers in 81 schools. Forty-three High Schools and 104 Public 
Schools were served in this way as against 23 High Schools and 
42 Public Schools a year ago. Colleges, training schools, and 
parochial and other private schools were also supplied. 
Over 14,700 living plants were placed in 556 classrooms, not 
for study but as objects of beauty. Last year the number ot 
classrooms thus supplied was I12. 
Seeds for Children 
Over 550,000 penny packets of seeds were distributed to school 
children—an increase of more than 21,500 over 1925. These 
ficures become much more significant when one recalls the 
limited opportunities for gardening in a city like Brooklyn of 
over 2,000,000 population. 
Addition statistics of our cooperation with the city schools 
are given in the following table: 
STATISTICS OF Pustic EpucATIONAL ACTIVITIES, 1926 
Conferences 
Number of <teachersisen sete ties Savtatey tai wares eee 374 
ES Pobeal nyo oh@tog aerie\b4 eid met ch’ Z6) bias 6 Unga Mratgrarr, aver phate er er taster gor eA Aenea 18,32 
Loan Lectures (Lantern slides, etc.) 
Number of teachers. Aa006 atone ee ce 28 
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Number of pupils attending......... Rog Oe neghy tyne a rey ese el 10,116 
