II. DOCENTRY 



To assist members and others in studying the collections the 

 services of a clocent may he obtained. Arrangements must be 

 made by application to the Curator of Public Instruction at least 

 one week in advance. No parties of less than six adults will be 

 conducted. This service is free of charge to members; to others 

 there is a charge of 50 cents per person. For information con- 

 cerning membership in the botanic Garden see page 3 of the 

 cover of this Prospectus. 



III. COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 



A. Children's Garden: Nature Study 



For the work in Children's Gardening and Nature Study the 

 following equipment is available : 



1. The Children's Garden, on a piece of land about three- 

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

 Garden, divided into about 150 plots which are used throughout 

 the season for practical individual instruction in gardening. 



2. The Children's lUiildhuj, near the north end of this plot, con- 

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

 .'" ' ' !>■ « 1 d ' olK < lion 



3. The Inslruclioihtl Greenhouses, three in number, for the use 

 of juvenile as well as adult classes for instruction m plant propa 

 gation and related subjects. 



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

 Room in the Laboratory Building;, equipped with stereoscopes 

 and views, a stereopticou, plant collections, economic exhibits, 

 models, and other apparatus and materials for instruction. 



5. Two Laboratory Rooms, with. lhe nsual equipment for plant 



(,. I'h< I d.iiorutm 011 flu ground llooi capable of seating 570 

 pri-Mins. and equipped with a morion picture lantern and stere- 



In addition to these accommodations, lhe dried plant specimens 

 in the herbarium and the living plants in t 

 plantations are readily aceessiiile, while the 1 



