BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN 
SUMMARY FOR 10928 
For the Public 
1. Over 1,100,00 registered attendance, an increase of 90,000 
over 1927. 
2. Bureau of information served a wide range of governmental, 
civic, educational, scientific, and commercial institutions, in this 
and other countries. 
3. Maintained a free reference library, with current issues of 
over 900 periodicals on file dealing with all aspects of plant life. 
4. Continued the development of one of the most beautiful and 
most instructive park areas in Greater New York. 
5s. Installed 29 public exhibits which were viewed by 90,000 
visitors. 
For the Schools 
6. Supplied over 3,800 teachers with living plants, plant parts, 
and other study material in quantity sufficient for the instruction 
of over 156,000 pupils. 
7. Held personal conferences with over 1,000 teachers concern- 
ing problems of biology and nature-study teaching. 
8. Distributed 560,000 packets of seeds to 177,000 pupils for 
planting in school and home gardens. 
9. Supplied over 3,200 petri dishes with sterilized culture media 
for, the study of bacteria. 
10. Members of staff gave 87 addresses, lectures, and _ talks, 
with a total attendance of over 31,000. 
11. Teachers brought over 54,000 pupils to the Garden for in- 
struction in the plantations, conservatories, and classrooms. 
For Education 
12. Gave over 600 lectures and talks to children and adults, with 
a total attendance of over 37,000. 
13. Gave 37 courses of instruction to children and adults, with 
a total registration of over 6,co0, 
For Science 
14. Continued botanical research in plant pathology, genetics, 
forest pathology, ecology, plant physiology, and systematic botany. 
15. Continued the publication of three journals devoted to re- 
search, and circulating in 48 countries. 
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