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APPENDIX 3 
TALKS, LECTURES, ADDRESSES, AND PAPERS 
GIVEN BY THE BOTANIC GARDEN 
PERSONNEL DURING 1936 
By the Director: 
March 25. Economic and cultural aspects of botany. Adelphi 
College Assembly. Garden City, L. I 
October 15. The New York State Museum: one hundred years 
young. The address for botanical science at the Seventy- 
third Convocation of the University of the State of New 
York, Celebrating the One Hundredth Anniversary of the’ 
Establishment of the Division of Science and State Mu- 
seum. Albany, N. Y. 
December 14. Science and religion. Dutch Church Club, 
Flatbush. 
December 29. Pandemic botany. Address of retiring Presi- 
dent. Botanical Society of America. Indianapolis, In- 
diana. 
By the Curator of Public Instruction: 
March 15. Jmproved lawns and yards for Flatbush. South 
Midwood Residents’ Association. Church of Nativity. 
Brooklyn. 
April6. Tree planting in New York City. City Gardens Club. 
598 Madison Avenue, New York City. 
April 22. Breeding the American chestnut for disease resistance. 
Class from Alexander Hamilton H. S. At the Garden. 
May 5. The Chestnut problem. Class from Brothers College. 
Drew University. Madison, N. J. At the Garden. 
May 15. Breeding the chestnut. Nature Study Group led by 
Mr. George T. Hastings. At the Garden. 
September 14. Chestnut breeding. Paper read at the 28th 
annual meeting of the Northern Nut Growers Associa- 
tion. Washington, D.C. 
October 11. The maples and autumn coloration. Children of 
Lawrence Street School. Hartford, Conn. 
October 20. Breeding the chestnut. Class from Brooklyn 
College. At the Garden. 
