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We have, as usual, assisted outside organizations such as the 
Brooklyn Home for Consumptives, the Children’s Aid Society, 
and various others with seeds and advice. 
Our largest exhibits were set up at the Children’s Science Fair 
at the American Museum of Natural History and for the ‘ Chil- 
dren’s Laboratories” (New Rochelle). An exhibit was also sent 
to the meeting of the American Association for the Advancement 
of Science in New Orleans, December 28, 1931—-January 3, 1932. 
An account of this will be given in the next Annual Report. 
The Garden, through this Department, presented thirty-three 
certificates of commendation to those elementary schools in Brook- 
lyn which successfully carried on school gardens throughout the 
summer. On November 19 the certificates were presented by the 
director to delegates appointed by the schools. 
During the month of March I was in England. The object of 
this trip was to give a lecture before the School Nature Study 
Union of Great Britain concerning the work done for children at 
the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. I wish here to thank you and the 
Board of Trustees for making it possible for me to have the time 
to do this work. There were about 200 people at the lecture 
which was held at the Teachers’ Training College of the University 
of London. During my time abroad I visited a number of the 
women’s schools of horticulture. 
I have written, as last year, a weekly article for the New York 
Sun. Vhe Sun this year started a regular Garden Page and claims, 
after a careful survey of their suburban subscribers, that over 
33,000 people turn to this Page weekly for help in gardening. 
I also wrote another series of short articles on gardening for 
McCall’s Magazine. 
Besides the time devoted to conferences, I have given con- 
siderable time to lecture work. During the year I have given 
forty-one lectures which have brought us in contact with over 
20,000 people. Included in these are four lectures delivered in 
the interests of the publicity campaign on Long Island under the 
auspices of the Woman’s Auxiliary of the Garden, namely, those 
given at Shelter Island Heights, Fort Salonga, Forest Hills, and 
Bay Shore. 
There have been no changes in personnel in the Department 
this year. 
