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needed attention to the trees and shrubs by native Japanese 
gardeners under the supervision of Miss Averill, honorary curator 
of the garden. This has included what is known as the “ pluck- 
ing’ of several of the pine trees—the removal of certain leaves, 
in accordance with approved Japanese practice. The top of the 
high hill, “ Heaven,” has also been reshaped and made several feet 
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higher. 
The demand for the published “ Guide to the Japanese Garden 
—Guide No. 4” (Brooklyn Botanic Garden Recorp, July, 1930) 
has been so great that the Guide is now out of print. 
The Children’s Garden 
The Children’s Garden has been very successful this summer, 
both from the standpoint of crop and educational results. Con- 
trary to expectation, the attendance was not affected by the in- 
fantile paralysis epidemic. In fact, some parents were advised 
by physicians that our Children’s Garden was a safe place to be 
under such circumstances, 
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The attendance at the conservatories has more than doubled 
during the year, and almost trebled in three years—32,880 in 
1929; 40,093 in 1930; and 84,429 in 1931. The largest single 
day’s attendance since the conservatories were opened was on 
April 19, 1931 when 3105 visitors were recorded in two and one- 
half hours. 
Cooperation 
Long Island University—As a result of a conference with 
Prof. C. M. Wendel, Chairman, Committee on Instruction of 
Long Island University, on January 13, an arrangement has been 
entered into by the terms of which Long Island University 
agrees to accept for undergraduate credit courses given at the 
Botanic Garden which conform to academic standards approved 
by that University. The professor of botany in the University 
1as been made resident investigator at the Garden and will serve 
— 
in an advisory capacity, especially with reference to economic 
plants in which he has specialized. The full text of this Agree- 
ment is given on pages 142-144 as Appendix 8. 
