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Guide Books —W\We have noted on page 25 that the Botanic 
Garden Guides are intended, not merely to describe the exhibit on 
which they are based, but to serve as a more or less elementary or 
introductory treatise on the general subject which the exhibit 
represents. “wo Guides 
follows: 
Guide No, /.—“‘" 
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ave been published during the year, as 
‘he Story of Our Boulders: Glacial Geology 
of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden,” with 22 illustrations. ‘The main 
portion of this Guide is by Dr. Ernst Antevs, Research Associate, 
American Geographical Society of New York, formerly of the 
University of Stockholm and one of the leading authorities on 
glacial Geology. The “ Introduction ” gives a brief resumé of the 
historical development of the glacial hypothesis. 
Guide No, 8—* The Story of Fossil Plants,” with eight illus- 
trations, The text is by Dean Edward W. Berry, professor of 
paleontology 1 
1 the Johns Hopkins University, one of the fore- 
most authorities on fossil botany. This guide, based on eight 
transparencies of imaginary landscapes of previous geological 
periods, serves as a popular introduction to paleobotany,. 
Reprints of Guide No. 6.—This is the Guide to our collection of 
Japanese potted trees (Hachinoki), presented to the Garden in 
June, 1925, by Mr. Ernest I. Coe, of New Haven, Connecticut. 
The text is by Mr. Bunkio Matsuki (now resident in Japan), and 
the Guide has aroused a great deal of interest in horticultural 
circles, On request, permission was granted for its republication, 
in full, in the following journals: Jnvestigacion y Progreso (Vol. 
VI: p. 73. May, 1932) Madrid; National Horticultural Magazine 
(Vol. AI: p. 283. October, 1932) Washington, D. C.; and Revue 
Horticole Suisse (Vol. Vi: p. 201. September, 1932), Geneva, 
Switzerland. A summary of the article was published in La 7yrib- 
une Horticole for February 20, 1932, followed by additional notes 
in the issues for February 27 and March 26, all with illustrations. 
The illustrations in the European journals were printed from half- 
tone cuts loaned by the Garden. 
i:ducational Tablets —I\t is part of our program to make the 
grounds of the Garden as rich educationally as is consistent with 
the general purpose of the Gard 
en, especially with reference to all 
natural features. 
It is in line with this ideal that bronze tablets 
