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Sixth Grade 

 Fall 



1. How to make cuttings (Greenhouse work) 



2. Bulbs for classroom plantinij- (Demonstration) 



3. Planting bulbs (Greenhouse) 



4. [{conomic phmls (Lecture and visit to I'xonomic greenhouse) 



5. Potting cuttings ( (ireenhonse) 



6. Trees familiar to Brooklyn boys and girls (Excursions on the grounds) 



7. lixcursions to discover plants of different countries (Economic green- 



house) 

 <S. 1 louse plants (Lecture and greenlmtrse work) 



I*. S. 4, ^vllich has ])ccu sending a class of children f(n- tliis 

 iiilcnsive work for two years, asked to have some pictures taken, 

 showing- the opportunities oftered l)y tts to ])iihh'c schools. The 

 pictin-cs were added to a 1)ook they had ])repared for a school 

 in Italx', the Scnola Elementare " DeAniicis," in Rome. 



The work ol, ^•isitino■ classes for the \-ear i(j2() was in charge 

 of the ;\cting- Assistant Curator. 



Extension Classes 



T^xtensidn classes ha\-e ])ecn carried on as appeared in. the Pros- 

 ])ecltts of Courses. 



The P)2, Nature Studv class, has hteen (Uvided into two sections 

 so that the classes may receive the hencfits of individtiak ]XM-sonal 

 attention. One of the reqtiirements of tlie work is for each class 

 memlier to take over some secli(_)n of the grotnids, making a special 

 sttid}' of trees, shrnl)S, weeds, and flowering i)]ants on the given 

 section. This work is possihle to carry ont only when classes 

 ai-e in small g-rotips. 



P)3, the l)eg"inners' greenhonse section, registered ninet\'-nine 

 students — the largest class in tliis snhject e\-er held at the I'rooklyn 

 [botanic Garden. 



Children's Saturday Classes 



1 should like to call to _\-oin- attention a new ])lan we have called 

 the group ])lan, tised in our i<)2i) fall classes. The children were 

 placed in g"rotips according to age and length of time s])ent in 

 sttidy at the Carden. ddiere were fottr of these gxottps for the 



