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Lotal Adult Registration—The total number of persons reg- 
istered in adult courses at the Garden during the year 1939 was 
725, as against 761 in 1938. 
Frower Days 
Two Flower Days were observed in 1939, as follows: Tuesday, 
June 13. Twelfth Annual Rose Garden Day. Speaker: Mr. 
Montague Free, Horticulturist. Topic: Modern Trends in Rose 
Growing. Thursday, October 5. Fall Rose Garden Day. 
Speaker: Mr. Montague Free. Topic: Making the Brooklyn Bo- 
tanic Garden Rose Garden. 
The latter event was held in conjunction with the annual meet- 
ing of the American Rose Society, which occurred on October 5 
and 6. Members of the Garden and their friends were invited 
to join the members of the Society for events occurring Thursday 
morning at the St. George Hotel. Mr. S. R. Tilley, Rosarian of 
the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, was one of the speakers at this 
morning program. In the afternoon, members of the Society at- 
tended the Rose Garden Day exercises at the Brooklyn Botanic 
Garden. An exhibit of cut roses, named varieties, under the 
auspices of the Rose Society, was shown at the Brooklyn Botanic 
Garden. ‘Tea was served in the Rotunda by the Woman’s Aux- 
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iliary of the Garden. 
PUBLICITY 
As usual, at intervals of from one to three weeks, we mailed to 
the principal metropolitan dailies, horticultural magazines, and 
other publications, news releases telling of events at the Garden. 
These releases contained 38 articles, totalling 59 pages of folio 
letterhead size. A total of 954 clippings was received from vari- 
ous sources, as against 1,079 in 1938. 
We prepared and mailed to members of the Garden two 
schedules of broadcasts given by members of the Garden person- 
nel; the first, listing those from January to June, and the second, 
from July to December. Copies of these schedules were enclosed, 
for the purpose of publicity, in many of the ordinary routine letters 
mailed by members of the staff. 
Circulars describing our courses were prepared, printed and 
