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for other reasons, applicants are urged to send in their entrance fee 

 to the Secretary, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, several days in ad- 

 vance of the first exercise. This avoids delay at the bepinnintr of 

 the first exercise, ensures a place in the course, and enables the 

 instructor to provide adequate material for the class. 

 The following" equii)ment is available for the courses : 



1. Three Classrooms (in addition to the Boys' and Girls' Club 

 Room in the Laboratory Building), equipped with stereoscopes 

 and views, a stereopticon, ])lant collections, economic exhibits, 

 models, and other apparatus and materials for instruction. 



2. Two Lahoratorx Rooms, with the usual equipment for ])lant 

 stud}-. 



3. The Jnslructioiuil Grccnliouscs, three in number, for the use 

 of juvenile as well as adult classes for instruction in plant propa- 

 gation and related subjects. 



4. Tiic Children's Garden, on a ])iece of land about three- 

 quarters of an acre in extent, in the southeast part of the Botanic 

 Garden, di\-ided into about 150 ])lots which are used throughout 

 the season for practical individual instruction in gardening. 



5. llic ChUdren's Building, near the north end of this plot, con- 

 taining rooms for consultation and for the storage of tools, seeds, 

 notebooks, special collections, etc. 



6. The Auditoriitin, on the ground floor, capable of seating 570 

 persons, and equipped with a motion-picture lantern and stere- 

 opticon. 



In addition to these accommodations, the dried ]dant specimens 

 in the herbarium and the living plants in the conservatories and 

 plantations are readily accessible, while the main library and chil- 

 dren's library, which contain a comprehensive collection of books 

 on ever}' phase of gardening and ])lant life, may be consulted freely 

 at an}- time. 



A. Courses for the General Public. 



The following courses are open to any one who has a general 

 interest in ])lants. Teachers are welcome. They are free to mem- 

 bers of the Botanie Garden ; '^ for others a small fee is required, 

 as specified. : 



* I'"nr information concerning membership in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden 

 consult the third page of the cover of this Prospectus. 



