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graduate students may arrange to carry on independent investiga- 
tions in botany at the Garden under the direction of members of 
the Garden Staff, who are also officers of instruction in the Grad- 
uate School of the University. The advantages of the library, 
laboratories, herbarium, and collections of living plants at the 
Garden are freely at the disposal of students registered at New 
York University for such work. Such properly enrolled graduate 
students are charged no additional fees by the Garden. Research 
in the following fields may be undertaken : 
K6. Research in Mycology and Plant Pathology. Dr. Reed. 
K8. Research in Forest Pathology. De Gtaves, 
E9. Research in the Structure of Flowers. Dr. Gundersen. 
E10. Research in the Systematic Botany of the Flowering 
Plants. Dr. Svenson. 
2. Independent Investigation 
The facilities of the laboratories, conservatories, library, and 
herbarium are available to qualified investigators who wish to 
carry on independent researches in their chosen field of botany. 
is meant those who have obtained the 
By “ qualified investigators ”’ 
doctor’s degree or have completed most of the requirements for 
the doctorate. The laboratories are open for such use only during 
the hours when the Laboratory Building is regularly open, viz. 
9 aim.—5 p.m. Mondays to Fridays; 9-12 a.m. Saturdays, except 
on holidays when the building is closed. There is a charge of 
$25 per year, payable to the Botanic Garden. 
COOPERATION WITH LOCAL SCHOOLS 
The Brooklyn Botanic Garden aims to cooperate in every prac- 
ticable way with the public and private schools of Greater New 
York in all matters pertaining to the study of plants and closely 
related subjects. The purpose of the Garden in this connection 
is to supplement and enrich the school work in the way of instruc- 
tion, demonstration methods, study material, ete., which otherwise 
would not be available. 
