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for convenience in binding, a table of contents of the Leaflets 
published during the four year period is issued. 
The purpose of the Leaflets is primarily to give announcements 
concerning flowering and other plant activities to be seen in the 
Garden near the date of issue, and to present popular information 
about plant life in general for teachers and others. The Leaflets 
are free to members of the Garden and (on request) to teachers 
in the schools of Greater New York. For others, the subscrip- 
tion is 50 cents per year, or 5 cents a number (4 pages), double or 
triple numbers (8 or 12 pages) at the same rate. 
Besides the Leaflets, numerous popular articles on various 
phases of plant life and gardening are written by members of the 
staff for publication in periodicals and newspapers. 
Guide Books, Maps, and Souvenir Postcards of the Garden 
For those who wish to become acquainted with the various 
features of the plantations, including the general plan of the 
systematic section and the nature and location of the various 
types of special gardens, a guide book is now available entitled 
“Gardens Within a Garden: a General Guide to the Grounds of 
the Brooklyn Botanic Garden” (Brooklyn Botanic Garden Rec- 
ord, 18: 153-188. May, 1929.) “The Story of Our Metate: 
a Chronicle of Corn” (Brooklyn Botanic Garden Record, 18: 
283-307. December, 1929.) is the title of another guide which 
gives an illustrated account of the ancient metate (now used as a 
bird bath) at the northern end of the Rose Garden. ‘“ The 
Japanese Garden of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden” (Brooklyn 
Botanic Garden Record, 19: 197-234. July, 1930.) copiously il- 
lustrated, outlines briefly the history of Japanese Gardens and 
explains the meaning of the various features of the Brooklyn 
Japanese Garden. ‘ The Rock Garden of the Brooklyn Botanic 
Garden ” (Brooklyn Botanic Garden Record, 20: 187-241. May, 
1931.) includes a general discussion of rock gardening, with sug- 
gestions for construction and planting, as well as a chronological 
guide to the Rock Garden, in which the characteristic flowers of 
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2ach month are described. 
These guides have been mailed free to members of the Garden, 
and the first three are on sale at 25 cents each. The price of the 
