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IV. OTHER EDUCATIONAL FEATURES 
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 
Record, 17: 153-188. May, 1929.) Copies of this guide have’ 
been mailed free to members and are onsale at 25 cents each. 
Other guides, descriptive of special features, such as the Jap- 
anese Garden, will be published shortly. 
A detailed map of the Garden, showing not only the various 
types of gardens included in the Botanic Garden area, but espe- 
cially the location of the various orders and families in the 
Systematic Section, is appended to the General Guide. Copies are 
on sale at 5 cents each. 
A colored picture map of the Garden, 714 x 3% feet, designed 
and executed by Miss Helen Sewall, is on view in the Laboratory 
Building. ‘This map was presented to the Garden at the Annual 
Spring Inspection, May 14, 1929, as a memorial to the late Dr. 
Glentworth R. Butler by members of the Woman’s Auxiliary and 
other friends of Dr. Butler. Photographs of this map (in black 
and white) may be had at 5 cents each. 
A set of six souvenir postcards, in colors, may be had at 15 
cents a set. The subjects are: Scene in the Children’s Garden; 
The Brook; Daffodils in the Lawn; The Lake; Children’s Build- 
ing and Formal Garden; The Rock Garden (Waterfall and Iris). 
Orders for guide books, maps, and souvenir postcards, ac- 
companied by remittance, should be sent to The Secretary. They 
may also be obtained at the Information Desk in the Laboratory 
Building. 
Plantations 
The plantations comprise the following sections: 
1. General Systematic Section (trees, shrubs, and herbaceous 
plants arranged according to orders and families). 
2. The Local Flora (native wild flower garden). 
3. Ecologic Garden. 
