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as chairman of the Committee on Plant Quarantines and their 
Administration. 
Kingston Avenue Hospital for Contagious Diseases —In May 
the Garden was asked if it could cooperate in any way with this 
hospital in the improvement of their grounds. This is a tax- 
supported hospital, and the Chairman of the Social Service Board, 
Miss Helen C. Wood, is an annual member of the Garden. Mr. 
Free conferred with Miss Wood, and we supplied them with 1800 
plants for the beautifying of their grounds. 
Nurses Training Classes from Four Hospitals came for instruc- 
tion throughout the year. As is noted in the appended report of 
the curator of public instruction, 1937 marked the eleventh year 
of thiswork. It began in 1927 at the suggestion of Miss Margaret 
S. Belyea, director of the training school of Prospect Heights 
Hospital, primarily for the purpose of giving the nurses-in-training 
a profitable hour out of doors—something more than a mere 
outing. Gradually, the educational aspect assumed more and 
more importance, until now each class period continues for about 
two and one-half hours, partly outdoors in the plantations, and 
partly in the classroom. This was an innovation in the training 
of nurses. The idea spread to other hospitals until, in 1937, the 
fourth hospital, St. Mary’s, joined with the other three— 
Prospect Heights, King’s County, and St. John’s, making a total 
registration of 181. 
Radio Garden Club.—This cooperation continued through 1937 
for the sixth year with 14 broadcasts over WOR. The fan mail 
now comes from 27 states, including Maine and California, and 
from Canada. The third largest number of letters come from 
California, which is exceeded only by New Jersey and New York. 
In addition, members of staff gave 14 | broadcast over WNYC 
(the Municipal Station), and one each over WMCA and WHN. 
Mr. and Mrs. Suydam Cutting spent a portion of 1937 collecting 
plantsin central Tibet. At their request, we arranged in advance 
to have Mrs. Cutting act as representative of the Botanic Garden. 
Mr. Cutting represented the American Museum of Natural 
History. Shipping tags were supplied from the U.S. Department 
of Agriculture, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, so 
that Mrs. Cutting’s collections for the Garden could be brought 
into this country on Brooklyn Botanic Garden permit. Before 
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