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the Garden arranged a series of lectures given in the spring in the 
auditorium of the Laboratory Building. A preliminary list of 
subjects for the lectures was first sent to every high school and 
junior high school of Brooklyn, with a request that others be 
added if desired. The subjects finally chosen were those for 
which the demand was greatest, and the dates when the lectures 
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were given, as well as their sequence, were also determined as 
nearly as possible in accordance with the questionnaire. At two 
of the lectures the auditorium, seating 570, was nearly filled. The 
lectures were held at 4:10 p.m., closing promptly at 5:00 p.m. 
Following 1s the schedule: 
March 19. Reproduction in the Flowering Plants. Miss Rusk 
April 23. Forestry. Dr. Graves 
May 7. Types of Plant Nutrition. Dr. Graves 
May 14. Plant Breeding. Dr. Benedict 
May 21. The Growth of the Idea of Evolution. Dr. Benedict 
At a later date, Dr. Benedict repeated the last lecture at the John 
Adams High School, which is so distant that it is practically im- 
possible for the pupils to reach the Garden in time. The at- 
tendance was 200, making a total attendance of 1700 for the entire 
course. 
At each lecture, blank cards were distributed to each pupil with 
the request that he write his name and that of his school and hand 
the card to one of the attendants when the lecture was over. In 
this way we learned that representatives from nine high schools 
and four junior high schools attended at least one of the lectures. 
Exhibits 
Ll. Eahibit for Teachers—In response to a request from Mr. 
Eugene A. Colligan, Associate Superintendent of New York City 
Schools, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden (as well as other public 
institutions 11 New York City) installed an exhibit in the Educa- 
tion Hall of the American Museum of Natural History, to acquaint 
the teachers of the New York Public Schools with the facilities 
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ing on Friday, September 18, of all teachers assigned to visual 
or visual instruction available to them. The occasion was a meet- 
instruction in their respective schools, and about 1600 attended. 
