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material to over 2,000 teachers and over 90,000 pupils; and con- 
ducted the Saturday morning school of education for children, 
numbering over 700 in registration through the year. 
City-wide Service.—It might be of special interest to the Board 
of Trustees to know that during this current year 92 per cent. of 
all our elementary schools in this Borough have been in touch 
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with us in some phase of our work. 
Consultations with Teachers.—Not only have all these regular 
avenues of work been followed, but a great deal of mechanical 
work that should be done by a staff of aids has been done entirely 
by members of the Department. In addition, the time taken 
by conferences is enormous. Miss Hammond alone has held 
over thirty nature conferences with teachers who came here for 
definite assistance on programs to be carried on in school work. 
Besides writing the usual articles for The Sun (New York), 
I have given a greater number of educational talks than in any 
other year. The total number for the year was fifty-six, not 
including broadcasts. I still serve as Honorary Secretary of the 
National Plant and Flower Guild, as Vice-President of the New 
York Chapter of the American Nature Study Society, and as a 
member of the National Committee on Nature-Garden Clubs for 
the School Garden Association. 
This report and accompanying figures may give some idea of 
the pyramiding of work during the past year, and should be called 
to your attention for future consideration. 
Respectfully submitted, 
ELLEN Eppy SHAW, 
Curator of Elementary Instruction. 
REPORT OF THE CURATOR OF PLANTS FOR 1937 
Dr. C. STUART GAGER, DIRECTOR. 
Sir: | herewith respectfully submit my report for the year 1937. 
CONIFERS 
The even, moist climate of the Pacific Coast and of western 
Europe make ideal conditions for a large number of conifers. 
