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Two hundred and forty-six men and women registered for the 
Special Victory Garden course, which began Monday, March 9, at 
11 am., and continued through April 6, the lectures being given 
by Mr. Montague Free and Miss Margaret M. Dorward. 
Victory Garden Courses 
Spring Courses. A total of nine courses were offered during 
the spring, planned with special reference to the Victory Garden 
needs. Five were for the general public, and four were specially 
for teachers, but were open also to the public. Some 455 persons 
were registered in these courses. 
Fall Courses. One hundred and fifty-seven persons were regis- 
tered in the five Fall Courses planned specially as part of the 
Victory Garden program, making a total of 613 persons registered 
for the year in Victory Garden Courses in addition to those regis- 
tered in other courses. 
Extra-Mural Victory Garden Talks 
Members of staff have given seventeen Victory Garden talks 
outside the Botanic Garden in cooperation with institutions and 
organizations. 
Victory Garden Broadcasts 
Radio Broadcasts, over WJZ and WNYC, were given by mem- 
bers of the Garden Staff on the general subject of Victory Gardens. 
Victory Garden Leaflets 
The New York State College of Agriculture and Home [co- 
nonucs, Ithaca, has published a series of six Leaflets on Victory 
Gardens in cooperation with the U, S. Department of Agriculture 
and others, and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden arranged to dis- 
tribute 1500 copies of each to its members and others. 
Leaflets were mailed under franking privileges. Each one was 
stamped “Distributed by Brooklyn Botanic Garden.” 
Special Botanic Garden Leaflets were pul 
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dished by the Garden 
as follows: “National Victory Garden Program (Series XXINX, 
