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XEQUESTS FOR INFORMATION 
Information on request was supplied as follows: 
By telephone 298, an increase of 64 per cent. over 1932 
In person 206, an increase of 61 per cent. over 1932 
3y letter 242, an increase of 27 per cent. over 1932 
These 746 appeals ranged from requests for prescriptions for 
sick rubber plants to that of a Brooklyn hospital for the identifica- 
tion of a plant (from a telephoned description) so that a child 
who had been poisoned from eating a portion of it might be cor- 
rectly treated. It was easy to decide that the plant in question was 
the castor-bean. A rather unusual inquiry was from a writer who 
wanted to know about the possibilities of utilizing insectivorous 
plants m the home and elsewhere in the control of insect pests! 
ISX HIBITS 
At the Twentieth Annual International Flower Show, the Bo- 
tanie Garden's Exhibit of Methods of Plant Propagation was 
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awarded the Gold Medal of The Garden Club of America dV 
the unanimous opinion of the judging committee because of its 
great value in stimulating knowledge and interest in gardening.” 
This exhibit occupied a space of 30 feet by 12 feet, donated by 
the Flower Show Committee. Preparation was started more than 
a year ahead and involved a tremendous amount of work. A de- 
scription of the exhibit is contained in Brooklyn Botanic Garden 
Leaflets, Series XXI, No. 1, April 5, 1933. In connection with 
the exhibit, a nineteen page Leafiet, “ Methods of Plant Propaga- 
tion” (Brooklyn Botanic Garden Leaflets, Series XXI, No. 2-6. 
April 26, 1933), was prepared, which contains a survev of prac- 
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tices used in the multiplication of plants. 
At the same Flower Show, we were awarded a Silver Medal for 
a labeled collection of about forty species and varieties of CAOCUS: 
At the November 15th meeting of the Horticultural Society of 
New York, we exhibited 
