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CouRsES OF INSTRUCTION 
I conducted the following ‘Courses for Members and the 
General Public’ at the Botanic Garden: 
Practical Gardening. A Saturday afternoon course. Five talks 
with demonstrations. 
Plants in the Home. Five talks with demonstrations. 
PERSONAL ACTIVITIES 
I acted as a judge at the following flower shows: 
March 19. International Flower Show, New York City. 
June 21. Horticultural Classes, Long Island Flower Show, 
Stony Brook. 
August 2. Flower Show of the Garden Club of the Consolidated 
and Afhliated Gas Companies. New York City. 
September 18. Federated Garden Clubs of New York State 
exhibits, Exhibition of the Queens-Nassau_ Agricultural 
Society. Mineola, L. I. 
On September 24 I assisted in judging rose novelties in the 
test garden in Elizabeth Park, Hartford, for the American Rose 
Society. 
By invitation, I attended a conference in Washington, D. C., 
on October 27 concerning the proposed National Rose Garden. 
I was elected President of the American Rock Garden Society 
on March 21. The newly formed Society had its first annual 
meeting at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden on May 22, in conjunc- 
tion with Rock Garden Day. 
I was elected an Honorary Life Member of the Alpine Garden 
Society of England in the fall. 
I continued to serve as Horticultural Consultant for the Feder- 
ated Garden Clubs of New York State. 
The Twentieth anniversary of my association with the Brooklyn 
Botanic Garden occurred in March. I want to take this op- 
portunity of expressing my appreciation of the consideration al- 
ways extended to me by the Trustees, the Governing Committee, 
and the Director of the Garden. 
Respectfully submitted, 
MONTAGUE FREE, 
Tlorticulturist and Head Gardener. 
