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persons. Miss Mary Averill, Mrs. William H. Cary, and Miss 
Maude Mason were the lecturers. Another new course was ‘ The 
Child and his Garden” (A24), conducted by Miss Ellen Eddy 
Shaw and given in January and February. This was designed 
particularly for parents and their children. 
The “ Fundamentals of Gardening” (A25), although described 
in the Prospectus for the first time in 1932-3, had been given in 
1932 under the name of * [Elementary Gardening 
ina circular issued in the fall of 1931. Eighty-eight persons en- 
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and announced 
rolled in this course this year. The course was given by Miss 
Shaw and Miss Dorward. 
Seventy-two persons attended one or more of the 
tures and demonstrations for teachers’ (A27), offered this fall 
6, FF 
lhree lec- 
for the first time, the lectures being given by Miss Shaw, Miss 
Jenkins, and Miss Miner. 
Courses on Trees and Shrubs.—One hundred and eight persons 
registered for this course—8&6 for the spring part and 22 for the 
fall. The spring group was divided into three sections of about 
28 each. This is now listed (beginning with the 1932-33 Pro- 
spectus) as a “B” course, that 1s, one of those designed par- 
ticularly for teachers, who may thus earn credit for higher teach- 
ing licenses. One reason why there was such a large enrollment 
in the spring, in contrast to the small registration this fall, was 
that the course was also listed in last year’s Prospectus as an ‘ A” 
course, free to members of the Garden. 
General Botany (B1).—This course was conducted by Miss 
Rusk, as usual, the subject for this year (to Sept. 1933) being the 
higher plants. Beginning in September the lower plants have been 
the topic. The arrangement of alternating lower and_ higher 
plants in successive school years began in 1931. 
The course for nurses in training (DL) was given in the spring 
and fall under my direction, as usual. In the fall the class studied 
sixty-three species of medicinal plants, using the plants in the 
outdoor plantations, in the Conservatories, and in the herbarium. 
The classes came from Kings County, Prospect Heights, and St. 
Johns Hospitals—44 students in the spring and 77 in the fall. At 
the conclusion of both spring and fall courses a lecture on drugs 
was given by Mr. Jonathan Gordon, a graduate of St. Johns Col- 
