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poration of N. Y. City (Manhattan), and Liberman’s Drug Store, 
Brooklyn, Also, specimens of plants causing hay fever—grasses 
and ragweeds—were furnished the Purity Pharmacy, Brooklyn. 
We supplied medicinal plants, as in former years, for the exhibi- 
tion of Scientific Pharmacy held on June 4 by the Columbia 
College of Pharmacy. 
Postcards to Members were sent out as follows: on February 
20, to announce the new 1936 seed catalogs on exhibition in the 
Garden library; on March 25th, reporting the display of natural- 
ized crocuses; on April 31, telling of the naturalized daffodils and 
early magnolias in bloom; on May 21, announcing the blooming of 
bearded irises and at the same time, the Long Island Tercentenary 
exhibits in the Local Flora Section and in the Rotunda of the 
Laboratory Building, on view during the week of June 1; and, 
finally, on May 22, advising members of a large quantity of 
annual plant seedlings available for distribution. 
Radio Talks—During the year I gave eight broadcasts on sub- 
jects relating to the Garden, from Stations WNYC and WMCA. 
Research Work—An account of this year’s work in breeding 
the chestnut will be found on pp. 47-60 of this report. 
Respectfully submitted, 
ARTHUR HarmountT GRAVES, 
Curator of Public Instruction. 
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REPORT OF THE CURATOR OF ELEMENTARY 
INSTRUCTION FOR 1936 
Dr. C. Stuart Gacer, Director. 
Sir: I hereby present the annual re 
Elementary Instruction for the year 1936. 
T would call to your attention, merely as points for your records, 
the following: Miss Margaret M. Dorward, assistant curator of 
elementary instruction, who was given a year’s leave of absence 
to study at the Swanley Horticultural College, Kent, England, 
returned on October 1, 1936. Miss Beatrice Clark, temporary 
instructor during her absence, left on June 30. The absence of 
Miss Dorward was felt in the work of the summer, so three of 
yort of the Department of 
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