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November 16. Lecture on “Exploration in Cuba (1),” be- 
fore members of The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, 
Lecture Hall, Academy of Music, 
November 23. Lecture on “Exploration in Cuba (2),” as on 
November 16. 
Public lectures have also been given by Mr. Taylor, as fol- 
lows: 
December 14. “Explorations in the Bahamas,” before mem- 
bers of The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. Lecture 
Hall, Academy of Music. 
December 21. ‘Explorations in Santo Domingo,” as on De- 
cember 14. 
Mr. Taylor is also a member of the lecture staff of the Board 
of Education of New York City, and in this connection has given 
six lectures on travel at various lecture centers, including all five 
boroughs. 
Courses of Instruction 
Two courses of instruction have been given by the Director 
of the Garden during Ig1o-11, at the Academy of Music build- 
ing, in co-operation with the Department of Botany of the 
Brooklyn Institute, as follows: 
October 15, 1910—January 6, 1912. Ten lectures on plant 
physiology, on successive Saturday mornings, at 10 o’clock, omit- 
ting November 26 and December 24 and 31. ‘This course was 
open without charge to teachers in the public and private Schye's 
of the city, and to all members of the Institute. 
March 4—May 13, 1911. A course in the teaching of botany, 
given on ten consecutive Saturday mornings, at 10 o’clock, omit- 
ting April 15. Open without charge to all teachers or to those 
intending to become teachers. 
Scientific Papers 
The following papers have been presented by the Director 
of the Garden before different societies : 
November 25, 1910. “The purpose of an introductory course 
in botany,” read before the Association of Colleges and Prepara- 
tory Schools at its twenty-fourth annual convention, Lehigh Uni- 
versity, South Bethlehem, Pa. 
