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phenology of plants mentioned in Virgil to Use in connection with 
a thesis on ‘‘ The time element in the Aeneid;” a wholesale florist 
from a city in Pennsylvania consults a member of the Garden Staff 
concerning the effect of illuminating gas on plants, and arranges 
for testimony in court which 1s an important factor in his winning 
a verdict of $40,000 for damages against a gas company; a corre- 
spondent in New Zealand asks concerning American text books on 
ecology ; a corporation in California wishes information as to how 
the establishing of a botanic garden affects property values in the 
vicinity of the garden; another asks concerning Tung oil, and is 
referred to a complete bibliography on the subject (four bound 
volumes) in our library; an author is seeking for the first pub- 
lished illustration of Indian corn (Zea Mays) and finds it in one 
of the books in the pre-Linnean collection in the Library; a repre- 
sentative from the Department of Apparatus and Development of 
the Laboratories of a large Telephone Company came and secured 
information concerning a “chisel forceps”, used for obtaining 
samples (for a culture) of the diseased part of timber without 
splitting the wood. Many specimens of plants are received by 
mail for determination. The list of cases could be continued 
almost indefinitely. 
b. Press releases to the Associated Press are sent at regular 
intervals. During 1928 over 1,100 clippings were received of such 
articles, sent to the daily press concerning plant life and the activ- 
ities of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. These Associated Press 
articles have appeared in the newspapers of 30 states. 
In addition to news items, articles on the Botanic Garden are 
appearing at frequent intervals in Magazines throughout the 
world 
c. Advertising of Brooklyn Botanic Garden publications 
was begun several years ago, and these advertisements appear at 
intervals during the year in the scientific and educational press of 
practically all the larger civilized countries. 
4. COOPERATION WITH NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL 
ORGANIZATIONS 
The extent of the Garden’s cooperation with other institutions, 
domestic and foreign, is given in the chart facing page 199, and 
