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on plants whose pollen is known to cause hay fever. The Botanic 
Garden has supplied the Health Department with pressed 
and mounted specimens of Poison Ivy (Rhus Toxicodendron) and 
the Five-fingered Ivy (Amtpelopsis) commonly confused with it, 
and with specimens of the Ragweed (Ambrosia), one of the worst 
offenders in causing bronchial asthma (hay fever). 
Our cooperation with the Department of Education, through the 
schools, has already been noted (pp. 200-218). 
Cooperation with Local Organizations 
Cooperation with local organizations is constant and varied. 
Speakers are furnished for local garden clubs, mother’s clubs, 
business men’s and church organizations, the Chamber of Com- 
merce, and others. The Garden is a member of the Civic Council 
of the Chamber of Commerce. A representative of the Garden 
has, for several years, been a member of the Committee on Plant 
Quarantines and their Administration, of the Merchants Associa- 
tion (of Manhattan). 
Local organizations of all kinds have held meetings at the 
Garden and have been assisted in programs by speakers or other- 
wise. Among these organizations may be mentioned many Garden 
Clubs, the Torrey Botanical Club, New York Horticultural So- 
ciety, New York Association of Biology Teachers, Department of 
Botany of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, Girl 
Scouts, Campfire Girls, Boy Scouts, and others. 
Public Exhibits 
Public Exhibits are installed several times a year, including those 
at the annual Flower Show of the New York Horticultural Society 
in the Grand Central Palace; the Exposition of Women’s Arts 
and Industries held in September at the Hotel Astor; the Annual 
Spring Inspection; the Boy Scouts Exhibits at the Garden; the 
United Parents Associations Educational Exhibit at Grand Cen- 
tral Palace; and others. 
Conservation Activities 
The Botanic Garden, from its foundation, has been active in 
promoting an interest in the conservation of native American wild 
