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feathered friends over the whole length of the country evidently 
know this spot, for they make it their stopping place during their 
annual journeys northward or southward.” 
EDITORIAL WorK AND PUBLICITY 
I continued to serve as editor of the Plant Section of General 
Biology for Biological Abstracts, and as editor of the Brooklyn 
Botanic Garden Contributions. I prepared an article on Botany 
in 1935 for the annual revision service of Collier’s National Ency- 
clopedia; and also, for the 1937 Daffodil Yearbook, a paper on the 
naturalized daffodils in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. As editor 
of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden Leaflets, I report that six num- 
bers were issued during 1936. During the year, 27 news releases, 
containing 40 articles relating to Garden events, were prepared 
and sent out to the principal metropolitan newspapers. 1,398 
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press clippings were received, as against 1,178 last year. 
Circulars descriptive of our spring courses were prepared and 
mailed in March; of the fall courses, in September. Schedules of 
broadcasts by members of the Garden staff from January to June 
inclusive were issued in May, and from July to December, in 
September. This department prepared, as usual, the material for 
the October issue (No. 4) of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden Record, 
which comprises the Prospectus of courses, lectures, and other 
educational advantages offered by the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. 
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS 
Bureau of Information —As usual, numerous requests for ad- 
vice on the treatment of diseased or sickly plants, inquiries about 
courses, programs of study, plants flowering at the Garden, etc., 
have been answered by letter, by telephone, and in person. 
Annual Meeting of the A. A. A. S—Miss Rusk and I attended 
the sessions of the American Association for the Advancement of 
Science at Atlantic City, December 29-31, at which I read, before 
the Phytopathological Society of America, a paper entitled ‘‘ Breed- 
ing disease-resistant chestnut trees.” 
Ewhibits—Living material was supplied for exhibits of me- 
dicinal plants at two drug stores, namely the M. B. Picker Cor- 
