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of this decrease may be found in the increasing variet}^ of sul^jects 

 now being offered throughout the city, for adult education. This 

 rapidly expanding field results, naturally, in greater competition 

 with our own activities. 



Lectures and Trips for High School Science Clubs or 



Classes 



On January 17 we mailed out to the high schools of Greater 

 New York the following announcement : 



Brooklyn Botanic Garden 

 Offers to High School Science Clubs or Classes 



1. Lectures illustrated with Lantern Slides 



2. Conservatory Trips with Explanatory Talks 



3. Outdoor Trips in the Garden, with Explanatory Talks 



L Lectures (to be given either at the Garden or at the School) 



Wild flowers (spring, early summer, fall) 



Wild berries and other fruits 



Familiar ferns 



Our common l)road-leaved trees 



Our common evergreen trees 



Garden flowers 



Showy fruits of garden plants 



Seaweeds (for small classes: illustrated by s])ecimens only; 



no slides) 

 Common food plants 

 Useful plants other than food plants 

 Mushrooms and toadstools 

 Control of plant diseases 

 Plant propagation 

 Re]5roduction in plants 

 Variation and evolution in plants 

 Plant breeding 



Breeding disease-resistant chestnut trees 

 Conservation of plants — including forestry 

 Plant specialization in relation to habitat (ecology) 



It is suggested that, when lectures are given at the Botanic 

 Garden, they be combined with trips that cover a related 

 field. 



