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Personal Class Work 
The popular course on the Life of Plants, begun in 1925, has 
been continued, and while our equipment in the way of micro- 
scopes and accessories has been very meager, this condition, at the 
present writing, has been partly remedied. The popular outdoor 
classes on the Trees and Shrubs of Greater New York were given 
as usual, in the spring and fall, 61 people registering for the spring 
course and 41 for the fall course. As the concluding exercise of 
the fall course, a practical test in the identification of woody plants 
in their winter condition was held in the natural woodland at the 
north end of Central Park, Manhattan. In February and March, 
I gave a short course on the common native and cultivated trees 
on Saturdays to a group of 15 boys from the Boys’ High School. 
I have conducted tests, as usual, from time to time, for Boy Scouts 
desiring to obtain merit badges in Forestry and Conservation. 
Honey Bee Demonstrations 
During the summer and early autumn, Mr. Frank Stoll, Reg- 
istrar and Custodian, using the hives which are installed in the 
space between the two northern wings of the Conservatories, gave 
demonstrations of the life and work of the honey bee, opening up 
the hives and explaining the interior, as well as the functions of 
the workers, drones and queens. ‘These demonstrations were 
made to groups from the Inkowa Club, the Department of Edu- 
cation of the Brooklyn Institute, to three classes from the Girls’ 
Commercial High School, and to others. 
Newspaper Publicity 
This has been continued as usual on the same general plan of 
weekly releases of items of interest about the Garden, including 
the progress of scientific research, classes, work with children, 
plants in flower, additions to the collections, etc. In all, I wrote 
72 articles on these subjects and sent them to the Metropolitan 
papers. In this work, Mrs. Warner, of the Brooklyn Publicity 
Bureau, has cooperated effectively during a part of the past year, 
especially during the campaign for the endowment fund. 
Through our clipping bureau we have received 513 items, not only 
