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University of Nebraska. Eleven photographs supj^hed for the 

 purpose of illustrating a ])ul)licati()n. 



Home for Coiisiiiii/->tiz'es, Brooklyn. Fn cooperation with the 

 National Plant, Flower and Fruit (iuild, the (jarden gave the 

 services of Miss Zelda Sargent, instructor, to visit the Home 

 for Consumptives weekly to supervise the children's gardens on 

 the "-rounds of that institution. 



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Idaho Agrieiiltiiral JLvperiiuejit Station (Moscow, Idaho), was 

 supplied with seeds of Valeriana and Valerianella for rust investi- 

 gations 1)eing carried on in coo]>eration with the U. S. Department 

 of Agriculture. 



Visit of Park Association 



The Park Association of New York City, Inc., made a tour of 

 Brooklyn parks and pla\'grounds on Se])temher 18. dhe Brook- 

 lyn Botanic Garden was included in the itinerary, and the visitors 

 included Borough President James J. Byrne, the Democratic leader 

 of King's County and Chief Clerk of the Surrogate's Court, John 

 H. McCooey, the Commissioner of l^arks. Borough of Brooklyn, 

 James J. Prowne, the T*residcnt of the Park Association and 

 former State Senator, Hon. Nathan Straus, Jr., the secretary of 

 the Association, Mr. M. Lawrence Craner. and various other 

 officials of the Park Association, the Department of Parks, and 

 numerous civic associations. 



Appointments 



Governing Committee 

 !Mr. Alfred W. Jenkins, of Brooklyn. A])ri|. 



Staff and Other Employees 



George R. Bishop, foreman gardener, beginning April t. 



Laura M. Brewster, stenographer, beginning March r. 



Calvin ^^^ Foss, B.L., librarian, beginning October r. 



Marie-Louise Flubbard, A.M., secretary to the director, lie- 

 ginning October 16. 



Lucile S. AiacColl. instructor, beginning February i. 



Frances IMiller MacKinnon, A.B., secretary to the director, 

 beginning September 6. 

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