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operator must be provided by the school, but slides will be 
furnished by the Botanic Garden. Address the Curator of Ele- 
mentary Instruction for a list of talks and for appointments. 
B. School Classes at the Garden.—(a) Public or private 
schools may arrange for classes, accompanied by their teachers, 
to come to the Botanic Garden for illustrated lectures either by 
the teacher or by a member of the Garden Staff. 
(b) Notice of such a visit should be sent at least one week 
previous to the date on which a talk is desired. Blank forms are 
provided by the Garden for this purpose. These talks will be 
illustrated by lantern slides, and by the conservatory collection of 
useful plants from the tropics and subtropics. Fall and spring 
announcements of topics will be issued during 1932-33. 
(c) The Garden equipment, including greenhouses, plant mate- 
rial, lecture rooms, lantern, and slides, is at the disposal of teachers 
who desire to instruct their own classes at the Garden. Arrange- 
ments must be made in advance so that such work will not conflict 
with other classes and lectures. For High School and College 
classes address the Curator of Public Instruction. For Junior 
High and Ilementary School classes address the Curator of Ele- 
mentary Instruction, 
(d) The principal of any elementary or high school in Brooklyn 
may arrange also for a series of six lessons on plant culture to be 
given to a class during the fall or spring. A small fee is charged 
to cover the cost of the materials used. The plants raised become 
the property of the pupils. The lessons will be worked out for the 
most part in the greenhouse, and the class must be accompanied 
by its teacher. This is adapted for pupils above the third grade. 
C. Lectures for High School, Junior High School, and 
Teachers’ Training School Students.—To supplement biology 
studies in the schools of Brooklyn, a series of late afternoon 
lectures will be held in the spring a 1933, arranged especially 
for high school students. T he subjects will be selected from 
among those in the New York Biology Syllabus, and will follow 
as Closely as possible the sequence of that outline of study. Classes 
must be accompanied by their teachers. Announcements of topics 
will be issued early in 1933, 
D. Seeds for School and Home Planting.—Penny packets of 
seeds are put up by the Botanic Garden for children’s use. In 
