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end of the nursery to provide shade and shelter for plants needing 
this protection. 
Two flights of concrete steps 15 feet wide were constructed 
south of the Esplanade. 
The Laboratory Plaza was graded, terrace banks made, and the 
soil of the planting areas worked over to a depth of eighteen inches. 
The road leading to the north steps was raised to grade and sur- 
faced with bituminous concrete. 
Three tiers of wooden shelves, 2’ 6” wide, were made around 
two sides of the new bulb storage room. 
Seed and Plant Distribution 
In connection with the International Seed Exchange, 2082 
packets of seeds were distributed to foreign and domestic botanic 
gardens and to other institutions and individuals during the spring 
of 1931 
Surplus plants were distributed to Botanic Garden members in 
May (Aster, 434; Chrysanthemum, 2170) and September (Iris, 
3950), a total of 6554 plants. 
We also supplied plants to the following public institutions : 
Brooklyn Public Library (Flatbush Branch)—Hardy Peren- 
nials, 85 
New York Aquarium—Conservatory plants, 75 
Brooklyn State Hospital (Creedmoor Division)—Conserva- 
tory plants, 24 
The Brooklyn Hospital—Trees and shrubs, 101 
Personal Activities 
I conducted the following “ Courses for the General Public ” 
at the Botanic Garden: 
Plants in the Home: five talks with demonstration. 
Gardening in the Fall; five lessons. 
[also took charge in the fall and winter, of six of the ten perioc 
of the new Advanced Course in Gardening. 
T acted as one of the judges for the Iederated Garden Clubs 
of New York State at the International Flower Show, Grand 
Central Palace, March 16; at the Flower Show of the Metropolitan 
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