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[Mr. A. Aui^iistus Heal_\- 1 and Trustees of llie Brooklyn Institute 

 of Arts and Sciences, the Committee on P)otanic Garden |Alr. 

 Alfred T. AV'hite, Chairman |, and the Director and Staff of the 

 Garden received the nieml)ers of the Department of Botany ot 

 the Institute and their friends at the o[)enins4' ol' the tirst section 

 of the new laboratory 1)uildini^' and conservatories." Mrs. Lewis 

 H. Pounds, wife of the then President iif the l')oroui;h of 

 l)i'o()kl\-n. presided " at the cotfee urn." and about two lumdred 

 i^uests were ])resent, including' iioi'ough President Pounds. This 

 e\ent was recalled 1)\- the ISrookhn Piiily Juu/lc in their issue of 

 December 13, P)38, in tlie column " 25 \c'ars ■Ai^() in P)rookIyn." 



A^'o^rAK's Atxiliary 



The annual i-e])ort of the field secretar\- {]). 110) summarizes 

 the activities ol the \\ oniaif s .Auxiliarv, including the lectiu'c- 

 luncheon and lecture-tea on Plowei" Decoration, January 25 and 

 28, by Mrs. Gonstauci' Spr_\-, of Loudon; the teas at the Spring 

 Inspection and flower da\s ; and tlie ])r(»grams and rece])tions in 

 connection with the twenty-fifth auui\-ersar\- of the De])artment 

 of Elementary Instruction. The talks ])\' Mrs. SjirN' resulted in 

 widespread and fa^'oral)le ])ubncit\-, some 80 notices ap])earing in 

 news])ai)ers of tweK'c states, trom Maine to Wisconsin and south 

 to Georgia and Louisiana, d'he jjroceeds ot these lectiu'cs lia\'e 

 been contributed b\- the .\u.\iliar\' to tlie L.llen Ivld\- Shaw fji- 

 downient for the De])artment of l'demeular_\- instruction. 



Tvvi':NTY-F()i:RTn Annum: Spring Insi'I'Xtign 



The twentx'-fourth annual Si)riug lns])eclion was held as usual 

 on the second Tuesda\' ol Maw which came this \'ear on May 

 tenth, ddie keynote of the inspection was the work of the De- 

 partment of I*i,lementar\- Instruction, celebrating its twent_\'-li t th 

 anniversar\' this \'ear. ddie ltiuerar\' ol the toiu" of the grounds 

 included tlu' Children's lUiilding and Garden, and the exhibits in 

 the Laboratory lUn'ldmg wei"e ])launed to illirstrate the work of 

 that department, as follows: (1) Work with boys and girls in 

 leisure time; (2) \\'ork with teachers' extension classes in co- 

 operation with the Xew \'ork City Hoard of lulucation ; (3) 11- 



