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Bureau of Information. Numerous requests for information, 
advice, and identification of plants submitted have been answered 
personally by telephone and by letter. Although this part of the 
work needs only brief mention, it should be stated that it takes 
a large part of my time. The mere listing of the questions asked 
would fill many pages. . 
Research. . A report of the research work on forest patholog 
during the past year appears on pages 57-50. 
Respectfully submitted, 
ARTHUR HaArMouUNT GRAVES, 
Curator of Public Instruction. 
REPORT OF THE CURATOR OF ELEMENTARY 
INSTRUCTION FOR 1928 
Dr. C. STUART GAGER, DIRECTOR. 
Sir: I hereby present the seventeenth annual report from the 
Department of Elementary Instruction. 
Garden Classes 
The attendance in our classes, both of the regular and the visit- 
ing groups, has increased substantially over that of last year, 
reaching nearly 150,000 in the classes of this department alone. 
Weekly classes, during the spring and fall, came for intensive 
work from the following schools. 
Adelphi Academy James Madison High School 
Brooklyn Training School for Maxwell Training School for 
Girls Teachers 
Ethical Culture School P. S. 2, 18; 36; 89, 206° Brook- 
Friends’ School ° lyn 
These groups are doing work quite different from that done with 
the regular visiting classes coming for one session only. 
Extension classes for teachers have been conducted as usual. 
B,, Nature Study, had the largest registration in the history of 
our regular work with teachers, the registration figure being 117. 
Over, 600 children have registered in the children’s Saturday 
