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Iriday, October 24. Chrysanthemum Day. 
Leader: Mr. H. E. Downer, Horticulturist, Vassar College. 
The total attendance at these functions was 387, or an average of 
over 55 members and guests on each occasion. 
Exhibit at the Brooklyn Savings Bank 
Through the courtesy of the Brooklyn Savings Bank an exhibit 
of the educational and scientific work of the Garden was on view 
from November 17th to December 6th. The exhibit was installed 
in the handsome long corridor leading from the bank to its Fulton 
Street entrance, and was the first of a series of exhibits sponsored 
by the Bank, entitled “ Know Brooklyn.” Two tables were 
placed at each end of the corridor, one showing a model of the 
Children’s Gardens together with samples of work done in the 
children’s classes, the other displaying a collection of plants suitable 
for culture under modern apartment house pert and styled 
“Texhibit of House Plants.” Near the latter was placed a War- 
dian case equipped with suitable plants. On che west wall and on 
a narrow platform constructed along its base the work of the 
Garden was represented in some detail, including the following 
features : 
Maps of the Garden plantations. 
Diagrams showing the organization of the Garden and of its 
educational work, and its cooperation with other institutions. 
3. Enlarged photographs of children’s, high school, and adult 
classes at the Garden. 
4. Samples of study material distributed to schools, and Riker 
mounts loaned 
5. Poster showing petri dishes filled with agar. These had been 
distributed to schools and exposed under various conditions by the 
students themselves.! 
6. Water colors of types of Japanese Irises painted by Miss 
Purdy and Miss Mansheld. 
7. Exhibit of current issues of publications of the Garden and 
map of the world showing points reached in their distribution. 
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1This was made possible through the cordial cooperation of the students 
in the biology classes at the John Adams and Thomas Jefferson High 
Schools. 
