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December with Station WOR, Newark. New Jersey. Through 

 the facihties of W2XJ1, WOR's new short wave radio station, the 

 broadcasts may hereafter be lieard in Hawaii, and in luirope, 

 Africa, South America, and other foreign countries. This is in 

 addition to the nation-wide coverage of the ]:)ast two years through 

 the facilities of the Mutual Broadcasting System. Station W2XJ1 

 operates on a frequency of 26.3 megacycles, with a power of 100 

 watts. 



The September issue of the National Seedsman carries the fol- 

 lowing quotation from the chairman of the board of the Mutual 

 Network: "In continuing the Radio Garden Club as a twice 

 weekly highlight, WOR has done so with the conviction that it 

 has proven of inestimable value to adult radio listeners." The 

 bimonthly journal. Horticulture, the Garden Digest, and other 

 garden publications have brought the Radio Garden Club to the 

 attention of their readers. 



Publicity and Publication.- — During 1938 more than 35 news 

 releases were sent at frequent intervals to the Associated Press, 

 to all Metropolitan papers, and to the principal newspa]iers on 

 Long Island, giving information about the Botanic Garden. Dr. 

 Graves reports the receipt of more than 1000 clippings based on 

 these releases and also of independent origin. 



Eighty popular and semi-popular articles and reviews have been 

 published during the 3'ear by members of the Garden personnel, 

 in addition to ten technical publications. These publications are 

 listed in Appendix 2, p. 123. 



"Free" Education. — Some of the courses of instruction are 

 given without any fee, especially to members as one of the mem- 

 bership privileges ; for other courses there is a nominal charge to 

 apply toward the cost of publicizing the courses, the correspon- 

 dence invoh-ed, and especially the large quantities of living ])lant 

 material and laboratory and other supplies used. Tuition is free 

 — that is. to those who enroll. For, as a recent writer has well 

 said, there is really no such thing as free education. Someone 

 must pay for it. How often this is overlooked by the beneficiaries 

 of " free " lectures and " free " courses of instruction. Part of 

 the cost is met l)y the tax payers through the Tax Budget of the 

 Citv, but a substantial ])ortion of it is met by citizens who, in 



