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indirect!}- throtii^li llieir relation to insects l)oth beneficial and in- 

 jurious to plant life. Aside I'roni this, hii'ds are a i)art of the 

 natural environment of ])lant,s and are of al)sorl)in^- interest to 

 many visitors to any ,^arden. I'\)r se\eral years tlie Botanic 

 (larden has cooperated with the Bird Loxers Club of Brooklyn hy 

 ])ostin<^- cm each of its five hnlletin l)oar(ls, at frecjuent intervals, 

 lists of l)ir(ls that frc(|neiU the Garden at the g'ix-en season. I-lird 

 Notes, published 1)\- the C'lul), contained in its issue for December, 

 1937, a "Preliminary List of the Birds of the Brookl}'n Botanic 

 Ciarden." ddie list includes 90 species, includinti' the DoveK'ie, or 

 "Little Auk" {.Ulc allc), observed in .\ovember, 1932. and the 

 P)lue Tanager { 'I'll i-a apis caiia). which made its home in the 

 (iarden durin_^- the fall of 1937. Fdeven of the species listed nest 

 in the Garden. The al)sence of automobiles and of do^^s off leash 

 are favorable to birds, and every effort is made to encourage them, 

 b\' the exclusion of cats as far as jiossible, and otherwise. The 

 (|uiet and ])rotected Local Llora Section is a special!}' favored 

 rendezvous of !)ot!i migralint;' and year-'round l)irds. 



A^afioiial Recreation .Issocialion ])ublis!ics montlily, at New 

 York, {he mai^'azine Recreation. Miss Shaw serx'ed as " ijiiest 

 editor" for llie Alarcli, 1938, issue, fn addition to an editorial, 

 slie contril)uted an illustrated article on " Cliildren's Worlv at the 

 Brooldyn Botanic Garden." 



Miss Frances jM. ALner, instructor, was on leax'e ot al)scncc 

 witliout pay from Octol)er 1, 1937, to ()ct()l)cr 1, 1938, [ox the 

 pur]iose of making" a sur\e\' of children's j^ardeninj^' tor tlie Xa- 

 tional Recreation Association, wliich is considerini^- the iiossibility 

 of inaugurating" cliildrcn's gardens as a ])art of their worls. 



At the NorlJi American Outdoor Life Sliow, held in ])a!timorc 

 on l^\>l)ruar3' 12, Dr. Gager ser\'ed with former Governor l\o!)in- 

 son, of Delaware, Senator W'olcott, of Gonnecticut, and otliers on 

 tlie Committee of Judges for tlie Wild Flower Fx!iil)it. 



TJic Garden Center at (ireen-reicli I'ilhuje (New York City) 

 o])ened January 31. under tlie aus]iices of tlie Little (hardens Club. 

 Tlie Botanic Garden lias coo])erated for some time with the Club. 

 In early s])ring wc supplied a quantit}- of our Leajlels for the 

 Garden Center Library. 



The U'eslhurx Ilorticiillnral Soeiely and mem!)ers of the Na- 



