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Fresh bamboo shoots were provided on two occasions to feed 
the pandas at the New York Zoo. In addition, we supplied 40 
clumps of hardy bamboo for planting on their grounds. Mr. 
Bishop, foreman gardener, visited the Zoo and advised regarding 
the planting. 
We supplied living plant material, dried lotus leaves and. 
through Dr. Reed, Kaoliang, rice, millet, and Chinese hull-less 
oats, to the Metropolitan Museum of Art to be used in an exhibit 
in their Junior Museum, illustrating Chinese life and art. 
We gave the Garden Club of America some Douglas fir cones 
and soy beans for use in their exhibit of plant materials in war 
work. 
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Four hundred and fifty scions of flowering cherry and 50 of 
wisteria were given to the State Institute of Applied Agriculture 
at Farmingdale, Long Island. 
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PERSONAL ACTIVITIES 
[ conducted the following courses of instruction for members 
and the general public at the Botanic Garden: 
A47—The Kitehen Garden. Six lessons. 
A48—Victory Garden Course. 
tions. (With Miss Dorward.) 
A49—Victory Greenhouse and Lecture Course. Five sessions. 
(With Miss Dorward.) 
V1—Your garden this Fall. Five lectures. 
“Information Please’’ 
Five lectures and demonstra- 
—a single lecture. 
All of the above were concerned with Victory Gar« 
an 
ens. 
[ also gave one lecture in the course A37—Lilacs: and five in 
V4—Gardening Indoors. 
I served on the Steering Committee of the Victory Garden 
Council of Western Long Island; and on the National, State, and 
City Victory Garden Harvest Show Committees. I attended 
Victory Garden Conferences of the North Eastern Region, 
Respectfully submitted, 
MOontTAGUE FREE, 
Horticulturist. 
