Mi • hibit oi oui . hildn n i ill Uunla\ not n'nu < l.i - \vor! 

 was set up as a part of the Annual Christmas Exhibit of the 

 Woman's Auxiliary, held December 13th to 18th. Each after- 

 noon some phase of the work was demonstrated by the children 

 either in actual work, as the making of bayberry candles, or in the 

 presentation of short talks illustrated by lantern slides, such as 

 " A Botanic Trip Around the World." 



The number of requests made upon the Department for ad- 

 dres cs in chool 1 1 clubs :ased from a total of 23 in 1926 



to 79 in 1927, with a total attendance of 32.1 So a! these talks. 



Many demands have come to us from the outside for assistance 

 and for literature concerning our educational plans, by individuals 

 and institutions, some of which are the following: 

 Department of Public Instruction, Columbus School 

 Elmira (X. Y.) Community Service 

 National Council of Nature Study and ( iardening 

 National Plant, Flower and Fruit Guild, Brooklyn Branch 

 Nature Club in Schools in Queensboro, North Carolina 

 New York Ethical Culture School 

 New York University Educational School 

 People's University Extension 

 R. PL Macy and Company (N. Y. City) 

 Sam Houston State Teacher's College, Jluntsville, Texas 

 Spring Hill School, Litchfield, Conn. 

 Wild Flower Preservation Society 



Special Departmental Features 



During the summer the assistant curator, Miss Elsie T. Ham- 

 mond, visited 150 home gardens of children from public and 

 I ' i\ ! in » i< « 1 ' , t 1 



I he curator wrote a series of 25 articles extending throughout 

 the year, for the New York Sun. The articles were for amateur 

 gardeners. 



The Department has published this year a book of games, re- 

 ferred to above, and has prepared a new Svllahits on sngai. 



The first of October Miss Zelda Sargent, former Assistant 

 Supervisor of Nature Study in Springfield, Mass., was added to 

 the staff of this Department. 



