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such an ideal can even be approximated. At present only one 
citizen of Brooklyn in every two thousand two hundred is a 
member—(1200 members with a population of 2,600,000). Such 
a population should yield more than that number of members. 
The eighth annual distribution of surplus propagating material 
(bulbs, tubers, and seeds) to members increases in popularity each 
year. On May 23 287 members applied for plants. Each mem- 
ber was supplied with propagating material for ten plants, a total 
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The enrollment of members in classes tends to increase each 
year. Members enjoy free tuition in some courses and reduced 
rates in others. 
Flower Days.—lour Flower Days were held for members and 
their friends—three in the spring and one in the fall. 
The conditions and privileges of membership are stated in detail 
on the fly-leaves preceding this report. 
EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL SPRING INSPECTION 
The Eighteenth Annual Spring Inspection was held on Tuesday, 
May 10. In the tour of the grounds the special points of interest 
were the newly planted Laboratory Plaza, the Meridian Panel, the 
Japanese Garden and Cherry Walk, the glacial boulders with de- 
scriptive tablets, and other minor points. 
The following exhibits were on view in the Laboratory 
Juilding : 
1. Illustrations of Orchids, in line and color, by Mr. Carl T. 
Ramsey. The illustrations included terrestrial and epiphytic 
orchids from both hemispheres. The line drawings showed de- 
tails of structure of roots and flowers, with special attention to 
the marvelous mechanisms by which orchids are cross-pollinated 
by insects. The water colors showed habitat settings chiefly. 
For the loan and installation of these unusual illustrations the 
Botanic Garden is indebted to the generous cooperation of Mr. 
Ramsey. 
2. Eighteen Water Color Illustrations of modern garden flowers 
and vegetables, after the style of the old Herbals, by Miss Louise 
B. Mansfield. These were reproduced in House and Garden and 
The Country Home during 1931 and 1932. In the Library, some 
