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The high spots of the year are as follows: 
The work for visiting classes showed a large increase, the at- 
tendance for 1939 being over 80,000, against approximately 40,000 
for 1938. This increase may be accounted for largely through the 
work of the W.P.A. Excursion Teachers. The Department of 
Elementary Instruction, during the months of March and April, 
met this group of teachers-in-training and prepared them for their 
work with visiting classes at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Dur- 
ing the month of December also, a similar piece of work was 
carried on in cooperation with the Brooklyn Museum’s Depart- 
ment of Education. Nine \W.P.A. teachers of college standing 
were trained to assist with classes sent by the schools to both the 
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Museum and the Botanic Garden. 
with the same group during the spring of 1940. This adds con- 
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siderable to the work of the Department, but in figures, at least, it 
justifies the time spent. 
Other branches of our work show figures similar to those of last 
year, and appear in the tables and figures of the report of the 
Curator of Public Instruction. 
Our instruction greenhouses, which showed an attendance of 
about 5,000 people for work, have been much overcrowded for 
many years, and in 1939 a much-needed addition was built be- 
tween the greenhouses. The roof is made of slatted wood sashes 
which in the spring will be replaced by glass sashes. These make 
it of value through the year. The bulbs through the winter find 
their home under the benches. In this addition, in the spring, 
seedlings have a proper place for hardening off; in the summer, 
house plants may be taken from the instruction greenhouses and 
stored there. The need of this structure is evident from these 
figures. During the past year, the number of plants raised in our 
classes (both those for adults and for children) was 36,000. 
Attendance in Children’s Saturday Classes was over 17,000. 
During the months of January and February high school students 
by Miss Dorward. The 
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had a special course in hydroponics given 
experiment really covered a period of six months, allowing time 
for observation of the plants raised in nutrient solutions. During 
these winter months Miss Carroll gave special instructions in art 
in its relation to botany. 
