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tional Associatiou of Gardeners as guests of the Society, visited 

 the Garden February 17. 



TJic Intcrhoro Boys Center is an " education-recreation " unit 

 of the Bureau of Attendance of the Board of Education, with 

 about 2000 1)oys enrolled In response to a request in May, we 

 sent them a c[uantity of flower and vegetable seeds from our Penny 

 Packet project. Their letter of thanks states that this " will enable 

 many a boy to s])end hours of enjoyment out-of-doors." 



Tlie FlatbicsJi Chamber of Couunerec meml)ers, \vith their wives, 

 met at the Garden l)y invitation on Wednesday afterncjon, May 11. 

 After a tour of the grounds tea was served in the main floor 

 rotunda. 



Tlie U. S. Department of Innnigration and Naturali::ation, with 

 quarters on Ellis Island, were su])]]ilied in October with 24 palms 

 and other greenhouse plants in large sizes to be used for decorative 

 ]xu-poses. The District Commissioner is Mr. Rudolph Reimer, of 

 Brooklyn. 



Cooperation -ivitli I' our Hospitals, in the instructicni of Nurses 

 Training Classes, is recorded in the a])pended report of the De- 

 ])artment of Public Instruction (]). 68). 



In October Mr. Free visited the Ih'ooklyn TJwracic Hospital 

 and made suggestions for planting the grounds. Also, in October 

 a visit was made to the Creedmoor State Hospital, Queens Village, 

 Long Island, to examine and re])ort on cultural and pathological 

 troubles with evergreens growing on the grounds. Cooperation 

 with the School Art League of New York is recorded in the report 

 of Dr. Graves (p. 76). 



A Second Twenty-fifth Anniversary 



The Botanic Garden Reeord for January, 1914 (j)]). 18 and 24) 

 refers to the fact that, "On Se])tember 17-20. 1913, the Botanic 

 Garden staff moved from the temporary quarters occu])ie(l since 

 the fall of 1910, in the Central Museum, to the first section of the 

 new laboratory building in the Garden. During the past three 

 years the work of developing" the Garden has assumed such pro- 

 portions that this first section was entirely outgrown before it was 

 occupied, and the need for the second section is urgent." 



" On Saturday afternoon, December 13, 1913, the President 



