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FLOWER Days 
The details of the four flower days held in 1937 are presented 
herewith: 
Tuesday, April 27. Daffodil Day. Leader: Mr. James G. 
Esson, Vice-President of the Long Island Horticultural Society. 
Topic: Daffodils. 
Tuesday, June 8. Tenth Annual Rose Garden Day. Leader: 
Mr. S. R. Tilley, Rose Grower, Brooklyn Botanic Garden. 
Topic: Through the Year with the Roses. 
Wednesday, October 13. Fall Rose Garden Day. Leader: 
Mr. S. R. Tilley. Topic: Symposium in the Rose Garden. 
Tuesday, October 26. Chrysanthemum Day. Leader: Mr. 
G. H. Gillies, Head Gardener for Mr. Marshall Field, Huntington, 
L. I. Topic: Chrysanthemums 
At the fall Rose Garden Day the usual formal lecture was 
omitted. The members of the Garden and their guests were 
conducted to the Rose Garden, where Mr. Tilley, using the living 
plants as demonstrations, answered questions ‘“‘from the house’ 
on rose growing. 
I am glad to have this opportunity of expressing our apprecia- 
tion of the splendid cooperation of the Woman’s Auxiliary in 
conducting the teas at these events. The attendance at the 
from year to year, and a large 
on 
flower days has steadily increasec 
share of the credit for their popularity should go to the Woman’s 
Auxiliary. 
“EXHIBIT OF THE WEEK” 
Obviously it is impossible for a visitor to comprehend, or even 
to notice, all of the interesting and unusual features of the Garden 
in one visit. Especially is this true of the living exhibits, where 
changes, such as flowering, fruiting, autumnal coloring, etc., are 
occurring from day to day. Therefore, an outdoor movable 
bulletin board was constructed, to be temporarily located near 
the feature to which attention is being directed. A large placard, 
mounted thereon, explains the “ Exhibit of the Week”’ (Fig. 6). 
Three of the placards read as follows. The Poinsettias (about 
20 ft. high) were in the conservatories. 
