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Other Agencies 
In addition to those from the Emergency Work and Relief 
Bureau there were, during the last half of the year, six men in 
the outside per diem force whose wages were paid by the Brooklyn 
Bureau of Charities, and one from the Association for Improving 
the Condition of the Poor. 
The total number from all relief agencies was, at the close of 
the year, 45 (26 men and 19 women), 
Further reference is made on pages 88-89 to the work accom- 
plished in the Herbarium by these special assistants. 
The profitable employment of so large a number of extra help, 
approximately doubling our regular force of assistants, empha- 
sizes how greatly we are normally undermanned. Much of this 
extra force could be continuously profitably employed. 
It should not be overlooked that the taking on of so large an 
extra force involves a great deal of additional janitorial work, 
increased work in the business office, and increased consumption 
of electric current for light. It also necessitates additional equip- 
ment, such as typewriters, desks and chairs, miscellaneous office 
equipment, and additional miscellaneous supplies, for all of which 
no additional appropriation has been made from either the Tax 
Budget or private funds. On the whole, however, the arrange- 
ments have been of mutual benefit to the Garden and the employ- 
ment agencies, and it has been gratifying to know that the Garden 
yas able to cooperate in a social service where the need was so 
urgent. 
Exhibits 
Tn addition to the exhibit held at the Garden in connection with 
the annual Spring Inspection (p. 36), seven exhibits have been 
held elsewhere. These are recorded in detail in the reports of the 
curators of public and of elementary instruction on pages 68-71 
and 78. 
Guide Books 
Rock Garden Guide—The Botanic Garden Recorp for May 
was issued as a “ Guide to the Rock Garden—Guide No. 5,” and 
received widespread newspaper publicity. Nearly 450 inquiries 
