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a thirty week course with B4. Fee, $7.50. Mondays, 4 p.m., 
beginning February 6. Miss Shaw and Miss Jenkins. 
B9. Economic Plants.—Thirty sessions. The most impor- 
tant economic plants of the world are considered—their history, 
culture, formation of their useful products, and the extraction 
and preparation of the latter by man. Herbarium specimens and 
other material, as well as living plants in the conservatories and 
plantations of the Garden will be used for demonstrations. Be- 
cause of its practical applications, this course will be of especial 
value to teachers. Fee, $15. (Not offered in 1932-33.) 
Dia Gheney. 
C. Children’s Courses 
The following courses are open to all boys and girls. Enroll- 
ment in these courses entitles the boy or girl to membership in 
the Boys’ and Girls’ Club of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. 
Papers, by members of the Club, on various botanical and horti- 
cultural subjects, are read at the meetings, and the speakers are 
then entitled to a silver pin, providing they have satisfactorily 
completed work for their bronze medal and have received it. For 
information concerning Children’s Room, the Children’s Building, 
and the Children’s Garden, see page 262. 
C1. Fall Greenhouse Work.—The following courses are 
given for boys and girls interested in greenhouse work and _ bot- 
anical nature study. The fee 1s ten cents. 
Miss Dorward, Miss Jenkins, and Miss Miner. 
Class A.—Open to boys and girls from eight to twelve years 
ald. Saturday mornings at 9:15. October 22 to December 17. 
Class B.—Open to boys and girls twelve years of age and over. 
Saturday mornings at 10:00. October 22 to December 17. 
C2. Special Activities—Special work as applied to green- 
house and garden activities. Members for this class will be se- 
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lected from honor students in the fall courses. Work is open only 
to boys and girls fourteen years old and over. No fee. Given 
in January and February, 1933. © Miss Shaw and Miss Dorward. 
C3. Preparation for the Outdoor Garden.—The following 
classes are open to boys and girls during the spring of each year. 
The courses are planned for a better understanding of plant life 
