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in two sessions with a practical discussion of the Culture and 
Care of Trees and Shrubs and the Details of Garden Construction. 
Thirty persons enrolled for the course and a number attended 
single lectures. 
At the request of the Queens Teachers Association I gave a 
series of five talks and demonstrations on Flower Arrangement for 
a class of seventeen teachers in Jamaica during [February and 
March. This course was repeated successfully on Thursdays, 
October 1 to 29, at the Garden, for a class numbering forty-six. 
Setween February and November [| represented the Garden, 
arranging for meetings of various organizations at the Garden or 
speaking at club meetings in New Jersey, Long Island, and New 
York City. These meetings numbered eighteen. I also attended 
various meetings of garden organizations, representing the Garden. 
In addition, over two hundred letters were sent to garden clubs, 
announcing Miss Shaw’s course of Junior Garden Work, member- 
ship lists were checked in August, and personal letters sent to 
members in arrears. Several hundred letters were sent to a 
selected list concerning fall courses during September. New mem- 
a 
bers were solicited by personal letters. 
The Woman's Auxiliary of the Botanic Garden has had a par- 
up of 
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ticularly active and successful year under the chairmans 
Mrs. Irving L. Cabot. On January 30 a benefit lecture was spon- 
sored, with Miss Jessie H. Righter as chairman. Arthur C. Pills- 
bury of Berkeley, California, lectured on Growing Plants Without 
Soil or Cultivation to an audience of more than five hundred. A 
second benefit lecture was held on the evening of April 28 at the 
home of Mrs. Otto Goetze. Miss Hilda Loines gave a talk on 
English Cottage Gardens, illustrated with her colored slides. Mrs. 
Charles E. Perkins acted as chairman for this event, which was 
exceptionally well attended by the members of the Auxihary and 
their friends. Proceeds from these two events enabled the Aux- 
iliary to present $1,000 to the Garden. 
The annual luncheon of the Auxiliary was held on February 5 
in the rotunda of the Laboratory Building. One hundred and 
eleven members and guests were present to hear Miss Ellen Eddy 
Shaw tell of the work of the Department of [tlementary Instruc- 
tion. 
