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Tuesday, June 11. Eighth Annual Rose Garden Day. Leader: 
Mr. Charles H. Totty, of Madison, N. J., member and con- 
sulting rosarian of the American Rose Society. Topic: How 
to grow roses. 
Tuesday, October 8. Fall Rose Garden Day. Leader; Mr. Mon: 
tague I*ree. Topic: Rose culture under city conditions. 
About 200 people came to each of these Flower Days. 
COOPERATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT oF BOTANY OF THE DE- 
PARTMENT OF EDUCATION, BROOKLYN INSTITUTE 
OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 
Continuing this cooperation along the line of the program in 
1934, round table discussions were held at the Brook lyn Botanic 
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Garden, the dates, leaders, and subjects being as fo 
January 9. Plant and Animal Evolution: their Interdependence. 
Dr. Alfred Gundersen, Curator of Plants. This talk was 
pices by Miss Maud H. Purdy, who ane appropriate 
rawings in color while the lecture was being gi 
ee 13. Breeding and Inheritance in Pisce Dr. G. M. 
Reed, Curator of Plant Pathology. 
March 13. Grasses. Mr. Charles Ericson. 
April 10. Botany for the Urban Amateur. Miss Grace Petersen. 
ie 6. Immigration of Plants. Mrs. Mary Holtzoft. 
December 4. Seaweeds. Mr. Charles Ericson. 
At the Annual Social of the Department, which occurred on 
Wednesday, October 9, held as usual at the Brooklyn Botanic 
Garden, T gave an illustrated talk on European parks and botanic 
gardens. ‘The custom of holding this Annual Social at the Brook- 
lyn Botanic Garden in October commenced in 1921, and has con- 
tinued without interruption ever since. 
EpiroRIAL WorK AND PUBLICITY 
As usual, I continued to serve on the board of editors of the 
American Journal of Botany, as editor of the Plant Section of 
General Biology for Biological Abstracts, as editor of the Brook- 
lyn Botanic Garden Contributions, and, until March, as associate 
editor of the Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. 1 prepared 
