SCHOOL SERVICE 



/. Activities zehicJi center at the Garden. 



Teachers are encouraged to bring classes in Nature Study and 

 Geography, as well as Botany, for the following purposes: 



a. Field lessons, in the Plantations. 



b. Demonstrations in the Conservatories. 



c. Practical instruction in plant propagation and related sub- 

 jects in the instructional greenhouses. 



d. Classroom instruction to small groups. 



c. Lectures, illustrated by lantern slides and motion pictures, on 

 various aspects of plain life, including agriculiural and comnier- 



/. Consultation with teachers on problems of teac 



hmg botany 



and nature study. 





II. Activities which center at the schools. 





a. Supply of study material, including living plant 



:s and plant 







b. Supply of Petri dishes filled with sterilized Aga 



r. ready for 



exposure in the study of bacteria and other germs. 





c. Penny packets of seeds supplied for planting in 



school and 



home gardens. 





d. Living plants supplied for the beautiheation of 



classrooms 



(25,000 supplied in 1927). 





1 1 in 1- 1 in ■ inciudin lantern lid nxl lectin < 



text. 



/. Teachers are supplied without charge with copie 



s of Brook- 



lyn Botanic Garden Leaflets, and Syllabi of lecture 



s to school 



zlasses. 





(j. Talks at school assemblies. 





/;. Model lessons in nature study by members of 



the Depart- 



THE BOTANIC GARDEN AND THE PUBLIC 

 The Grounds are open free of charge every day in the year 

 The Conservatories are also open daily without charge from 



