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Adult Classes 
The total number of students in the adult classes during 1931 
was 0638, the largest figure for any year in the history of the 
Garden. The total for 1930 was 485. The largest registration 
in any one class last year was 99 in the spring course on the flower- 
ing plants of Greater New York, Dr. Svenson and Miss Rusk, in- 
structors. This class had to be divided into two sections, one 
mecting in the morning and one in the afternoon. The class for 
tree study was also large, 77 registering, and this was also 
divided into a morning session in charge of Miss Vilkomerson, and 
an afternoon section, in my charge. Since many of the students 
wished to take both courses, which were scheduled originally for 
practically the same hours on Saturday afternoons, it was thus 
possible for them to take the tree course in the morning and the 
flower course in the afternoon, or vice versa. The registration for 
the tree and shrub course was also large in the fall—60 in all—and 
this again had to be divided into two sections in charge of Miss 
Vilkomerson and myself. 
The class in General Botany was this year again conducted by 
As was stated in the report for 1930, the subject 
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Miss Rusk. 
matter of this course is so extensive that it was thought it might 
have to be lengthened into a two year course. This has been done, 
commencing with the school year in September, 1931; and conse- 
quently this year only the lower plants are being studied, te. the 
As stated 
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groups below the seed plants in evolutionary sequence. 
in the Prospectus for 1931-2, the first half of the course (A), 
namely the year spent in the study of the seed plants, 1s not a 
prerequisite for the second (B). This year the laboratory period 
for the course has been held on Saturday mornings, and a labora- 
tory fee of $5 has been charged in addition to the $5 fee for the 
lecture periods. 
Classes for Nurses 
Classes of nurses in training came from three hospitals, St. 
Johns (15), Prospect Heights (35), and Kings County (70). 
These classes were in my charge and consisted of ten exercises of 
two hours each, both in the spring and in the fall. The course in- 
cluded a series of informal lectures, with demonstrations, on the 
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