103 



Requests for Information 

 Gardening information on recjnest was supplied as follows : 



By telephone 411 



In person 120 



By letter 450 



In 1932 the figures were : 



By telephone 181 



In person 128 



By letter 190 



Courses oi<' Instruction 



I conducted the following " Courses for Members and the 

 General Public " at the Ijotanic Garden : 



Planning and Planting. — Two lectures in a course of five with 

 Miss Helen Swift Jones. 



Plants in the Home: Hozv to grow them. — Five talks with dem- 

 onstrations. 



Personal Activities 



I continued to serve on the Advisory Council for the course in 

 Ornamental Horticulture given at the State Institute of Applied 

 Agriculture, Farmingdale, Long Island; on the P>()ard of Di- 

 rectors of the American Pock Garden Society; on the Lily Com- 

 mittee of the American Plorticultural Society ; on the Program 

 Committee of the Radio Garden Club. I was api)ointed to the 

 Label Committee of Llortus Inc., and the Leaflet Committee of 

 the American Rock Garden Scjciety. I acted as Consultant for 

 the Federated Garden Clubs of New York State, Inc. 



I acted as a Judge at the International Flower Show on March 

 14 for the Federated Garden Clubs of New Jersey; and for the 

 Garden Club of America on March 17. On June 20 I aided in 

 judging the Lily Show of the Horticultural Society of New York, 

 and on October 25 the exhibit of Berried Shruljs held by the Long 

 Island Horticultural Society at Farmingdale, Long Island. I was 

 also one of the judges on December 16 in the Garden Contest 

 sponsored by the Woman's Llome Companion. 



Respectfully submitted, 



Montague Free, 

 Horticulturist and Head Gardener. 



