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COOPERATION WITH LOCAL SCHOOLS 
The Brooklyn Botanic Garden aims to cooperate in every prac- 
ticable way with the public and private schools of Greater New 
York in all matters pertaining to the study of plants and closely 
related subjects. 
Geography classes, as well as classes in nature study and botany, 
find the collection of useful plants in the Economic Plant House, 
the Local Flora Section, the Herb Garden, and also the Meridian 
Panel, the Armillary Sphere, and the Labeled Glacial Boulders, 
valuable adjuncts to their class work. Illustrated lectures at the 
Garden for geography classes may be arranged. 
To visiting college classes in geology and physiography the Bo- 
tanic Garden offers interesting material for a study of glaciation. 
Notable features are a portion of the Harbor Hill terminal moraine 
(Boulder Hill), the morainal pond (the ‘‘Lake”’), the labeled 
glacial boulders, and the Flatbush outwash plain. See Guide No. 
7, “The Story of our Boulders: Glacial Geology of the Brooklyn 
Botanic Garden.” 
Talks at Secondary Schools and Colleges.—Informal illus- 
trated talks on various subjects of an advanced botanical nature 
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are always gladly given at Secondary Schools and Colleges by 
members of the staff. Arrangements for such talks should be 
made with the Curator of Public Instruction. 
School Classes at the Garden.—Public and private schools, 
both elementary and secondary, may arrange for classes to come 
to the Botanic Garden for illustrated lectures by members of the 
Garden staff, or for guided tours of instruction through the con- 
servatories and outdoor plantations. 
Visiting classes must be accompanied by their teachers, and 
notice of such visits should be sent at least one week in advance, 
Blank forms for this purpose are provided by the Garden. Lists 
of talks and trips offered will be sent on request: for Junior High 
and Itlementary Schools address the ‘Curator of Elementary In- 
struction, tor High Schools, the Curator of Public Instruction. 
Seeds for School and Home Planting.—Penny packets of 
flower and vegetable seeds are put up by the Botanic Garden for 
children’s use. In the early spring, lists of these seeds, order 
