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vegetable growers. The total registration in these Victory Garden 
courses both in the spring and the fall of 1942 was 475. 
Adult courses given by members of this departinent. Besides 
the “Gardens within a Garden” course already mentioned, two 
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Brooklyn Hospitals: one in the spring for a class of 44 from 
Brooklyn State Hospital, and one in the fall for a class of 38 
from St. Johns Hospital. In the winter course “Trips to the 
Tropics,” consisting of guided tours in the conservatories, 28 
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people were registered. For the courses on spring and fall wild 
flowers and ferns given by Miss Rusk there were 70 registrations. 
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FLOWER Days 
The following flower days were held in 1942. Considering the 
present world situation the attendance was good—about 125 for 
Cherry Blossom Day, 150 for Fifteenth Annual Rose Garden Day, 
and averaging about 50 for the three others. For the Fifteenth 
Annual Rose Garden Day the members of the Horticultural 
Society of New York were invited to attend, and about 100 
members came. 

1. Cherry Blossom Day, Tuesday, April 28, in charge of Dr. 
G. M. Rkeed. After a short talk at the Laboratory Building Dr. 
Reed led the group to the flowering cherries in the Oriental Gar- 
den and in and nearby “Cherry Walk.” 
2. Iris Day, Thursday, May 21, with Dr. G. M. Reed as lec- 
turer and guide, was celebrated at a time when the Garden's 
splendid and comprehensive collection of bearded irises was at 
its best. Attendance, 30. 
3. Fifteenth Annual Rose Garden Day, Tuesday, June 9. Mr. 
Montague Free spoke on “New Notions in kose Growing.” — lol- 
lowing this was an inspection of the Rose Garden, under the 
guidance of Mr. Free and Mr. Tilley, foreman in charge of the 
Rose Garden. 
4. Fall Rose Garden Day, Tuesday, October 8. After a short 
talk in the Laboratory Building Mr. Free conducted the group to 
the Kose Garden where he and Mr. Tilley drew attention to 
various conspicuous roses, explaming their parentage and_ their 
defects and virtues. Attendance, 60. 
