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desirable to make Arbor Day exercises an annual event at the 
Garden, preferably in co-operation with the public schools; and 
trees, shrubs, or vines pfanted on such occasions should be 
appropriately labeled. 
The Library 
In the report of the Secretary and Librarian, appended hereto, 
it is pointed out that the library has grown fully as much as 
the space at our disposal would permit, and in accordance with 
our more immediate needs. Record should be made here of the 
very desirable action taken by the Committee on Botanic Garden 
at its meeting of November 9, 1911, that “as far as practicable, 
all books purchased for the library of the Botanic Garden, and 
all binding of books, should be paid for from private funds, and 
become entirely the property of the Institute.’ The library, 
however, will be administered as a public, non-circulating library, 
open without charge to all properly qualified citizens. 
The Librarian’s report shows a total of 266 books and several 
hundred pamphlets received during the year. 
Public Lectures and Addresses 
Public lectures and addresses have been delivered as follows: 
April 27. Addresses on ‘Trees in our daily life,’ before the 
meeting of the American Association for the Planting and 
Preservation of City Trees, at the Central Museum Building. 
May 5, morning. Address on “The significance of trees,” 
before the teachers and pupils of the Girls High School Annex, 
Brooklyn. 
May 5, afternoon. Arbor Day address before the faculty and 
students of the Normal School at Jamaica, L. I. 
May g. Public lecture on “What is botany?” at the New 
York Botanical Garden, Bronx Park. 
September 9. Lecture on “Plants and people of Pinar del 
Rio, Cuba,” at the New York Botanical Garden. 
September 29. Address before the Brooklyn Training 
School for Teachers, on “Manners and customs in Cuba.” 
October 28. Conference and address on “The Brooklyn Bo- 
tanic Garden,” before the members of the Department of Botany 
of The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, in the Science 
Room, Academy of Music, Brooklyn. 
