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Brooklyn Botanic Garden. These lists ha\e been ])oste(l on the 

 bulletin boards on the Grounds, each week throutjh the s]irin_<^' and 

 summer, and at lont;-er interx'als throu.qh the autumn and winter. 



Postcards were mailed to members on ,\])ril 4, advising" them 

 that the correct methods of rose ])runing' mi^'bt lie seen between 

 .\|)ril 8 and 23 in iIk' Rose ( karck'u ; and on A])ril 22. advisin_<^ 

 them that a (juantity of ]M-()])as4ati\-e material — dwarf har(l\- asters 

 and misci'lJaneous herbs — was awailable for distribution. 



School jlrf League, of Xew ^^)rk. throut^h its director, ^liss 

 Margaret I.. ^hn'])hv, arran^t'd for four art lectures (i^iven b\' 

 outside speakers) at the (karden. At one of these, on Jai:)anese 

 gardens, the students were conducted through the Ja])anese (lardcn, 

 and its symbolism was exi)laiucd, b\- members of this de]iartment. 



Ihircau of Iiifonmilioii. — Tbrougiiout the }-ear we have had 

 man\- letters and ref|uests by tclei)lione and in ]ierson for infor- 

 mation about ])lanls. Although niaiic of these are interesting, 

 ])articularl}- since they show the ^•ariety of wa^■s in which a botanic 

 garden can be of ser\-ice to the iniblic, even a bare enumeration of 

 them would recjuire sexeral ])ages. Tliis ])art of our work requires 

 a considerable portion of our time. 



Jves[)ect ful\- submitted, 



.Arthur IIarmount Gravi:.s, 

 Curator of Public I iistruclion. 



REPORT Ol< Tllh: CURATOR Ob bdJAMliNTARY 

 n\STRUCT10N FOR 1938 



To thp: Director: 



I herel)y jiresent in_\- annual rej'iort for the Department of 

 Elementary Instruction for the \ear 1938. 



Rou'i'TNi-: Work 



J3uring the year the regular lines of work' were carried on as 

 usual. One hundred ten dilTerent schools took advantage of our 

 visiting class work. This figure does not re])resent by an\' means 

 the number of classes which came, but sim])lv the different insti- 

 tutions. 0\'er 80, ()()() children were contacted through oiu" study 



