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of study material for classroom use; and through guidance in 
conferences with botany and nature study teachers; and is there- 
fore fulfilling the original plans for this part of the educational 
program, 
Dr. Gager’s last publication was an account of the Brooklyn 
Botanic Garden and the schools (Chronica Botanica 7: 308-310. 
1943). In this, he summarized the educational program for both 
adults and children, and mentioned that to him one of the most 
gratifying aspects of the work was the fact that many boys and 
girls carried on over a number of years their interest in the work 
at the Botanic Garden. From among them have emerged a few 
who have made botany or some of its branches their life work; but 
there are many more who have found the joy of broadened ho- 
rizons and the pleasures of a lifetime hobby. 
It always pleased Dr. Gager to see the children of eight (when 
they entered classes) and later to shake hands with many of these 
same children when they were leaving for college, realizing that 
they had spent eight or nine years of their lives under this roof, 
coming Saturday after Saturday in their own leisure time. This 
in itself is a monument to his far-sighted vision, 
