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was one entitled Advanced Gardening, which began October 22, 
1931, as already noted in my report for 1931. During 1932 the 
following courses were especially promoted by the Woman's 
Auxiliary: 
A19. Ornamental Shrubs. Fall Course. Dr. Gundersen. 
A20. Advanced Gardening. Mr. Free and Dr. ‘Reed. 
A21. Backyard Gardens. Miss Shaw. 
A25. Fundamentals of Gardening. Miss Shaw and Mr. Free. 
Trees and Shrubs. Special Fall Course. Dr. Graves. 
The total registration for all of these courses was 141. During 
1932 Mrs. Whitney Merrill, Secretary of the Membership Com- 
mittee, addressed twenty-nine garden clubs and women’s organiza- 
tions in New York City and vicinity, telling them of the work done 
by the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and particularly of the courses of 
instruction offered to the public. Lantern slides showing the 
Garden activities were used with these talks. 1 am glad to have 
this opportunity to thank Mrs. Merrill and the other members of 
the committee who have so generously devoted a large share of 
their time and energy to the welfare of the Garden. 
The registration for the Saturday afternoon classes in Trees 
and Shrubs, as in former years, continued to be heavy—65 in the 
spring and 55 in the fall. With Miss Vilkomerson’s assistance we 
were able to handle the spring class, which was divided into two 
sections. The fall class was likewise divided, but unfortunately 
Juring my absence 
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I suffered a severe illness on November 1. - 
the class was split up into three sections, in charge of Miss Rusk, 
Miss Vilkomerson, and Mr. C. I*. Doney, a student-assistant at 
the Garden. An additional instructor for this course is urgently 
needed. The classes of nurses in training continued to be held 
both in spring and fall, 74 being registered in the spring and 100 in 
the fall. Three hospitals, Prospect Heights, Kings County, an 
St. Johns, were represented. During my illness in the fall Dr. 
Svenson conducted the field work and Miss Rusk the laboratory 
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work. 
The total registration in our adult classes for. the year 1932 was 
780, as against 638 for 1931, and 455 for 1930. It is quite evident 
that our teaching staff, which is nearly the same numerically as it 
was ten years ago, is not adequate for thorough instruction of such 
