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9 out of 10 (90%) in Queens, 4 out of 6 (66.6%) in the Bronx, and 
3 out of 4 (75%) in Richmond. Also seven Junior High Schools 
in Brooklyn and four in the other Boroughs. The service has 
included seven parochial schools and eight other private schools. 
The above figures do not include evening high schools, nor tech- 
nical high schools. Two of the latter were supplied with study 
material. 
The numerical data of this service are given in the table on 
page 62, but special attention is here called to the fact that living 
plants and plant parts and other study material have been supplied 
to 3762 teachers for the instruction of more than 177,400 pupils; 
this does not include 1342 Petri dishes filled with sterile nutrient 
agar for the culture of bacteria and molds—an increase of 244 or 
22% over 1936. In addition, more than 915,000 penny packets 
of seeds have been supplied to some 300,000 pupils for planting in 
school and home gardens. 
Teachers brought more than 51,200 pupils to the Garden in 
classes for instruction, and an increased amount of time has been 
given to conferences with teachers concerning various aspects of 
their nature study work. 
Work for the Blind.—This work, which has been contemplated 
for some time, was inaugurated on May 20, when a group of 40 
blind and partially blind children came to the Botanic Garden for 
instruction. They represented the Blind and Sight Conservation 
Classes of P.S. 77, Brooklyn. Miss Michalena Carroll, of Miss 
Shaw’s Department, who has had experience along this line, 
conducted the class. They studied the forms and texture of 
flowers by handling the different parts which had been specially 
prepared. 
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Study material has been provided for teachers in three of the 
four colleges under the Board of Higher Education (College of the 
City of New York, Hunter College, Brooklyn College), and also to 
seven other colleges and universities located in the City 
Scholarship.—In April, 1935, the Garden offered to award one 
or two scholarships, one each in two of our courses, to students in 
Brooklyn College for meritorious work in their Department of 
Biology. This offer has been taken advantage of each year since 
