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Our problems which are urgent now in the garden concern light 
and pests. The row of poplars along the back of the garden and 
the pines at the south end shut off more and more light and make 
successful culture of crops well nigh impossible. Wild rabbits 
(remnants of the time when this part of the City was in the open 
country) and Japanese bettles are a real and serious menace. 
Visiting-class work has gratifying features. More and more 
classes come for special series of lectures rather than one. The 
number given in our formal records is 271, an increase of nearly 
100 over last year, but the number of schools represented in this 
work was nearly doubled. The attendance figure in these classes 
An educational project with WPA docents was carried on dur- 
ing the spring and sunimer on our grounds under the leadership 
of Mrs. Anne Limpus and Miss Helen Marshall. The teachers 
involved in this project numbered 18, and the attendance figure 
for children was 6,338. The Curator and assistants gave two 
entire mornings of teaching with field work to instruct these 
docents in their work. 
Study material was distributed by request to 138 institutions of 
learning, representing 8,091 teachers and 271,308 children. The 
requests numbered 797. 
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Plants for decoration and Nature Rooms 
were given to 89 schools, and to the American Museum of Natural 
History. 
Lhe educational greenhouses are used for the c 
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ass work of 
ts and children; they have raised over 43,000 plants. One 
hundred and eighty schools are represented in these classes. Some 
classes are made up of people who are not concerned with the 
schools. The total number of people enrolled was over 1,150, 
although this figure scarcely tells the story of the work, since some 
of these people come month after month. An aggregate figure 
representing the entire work would be over twice t 
Plants raised in t 
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lat amount, 
1e classes, plants given away to schools for 
y and decoration do not represent the entire output from our 
greenhouses. 
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About 1,700 plants were given to school and com- 
munity gardens, and 3,500 seedling plants were raised by our high 
school section of young people for the boys’ and girls’ garden. 
The attendance figure for greenhouse work for both adults and 
