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gratifying of all these gifts was made by the recipients of the 
Alfred T. White Scholarship, which, for lack of funds, has 
lapsed in recent years. This group sent a delegation to my office 
in March and presented a book of letters of appreciation for what 
the Garden had done for them, and a check for $130 for the 
Endowment Fund. All these young people have been doing out- 
standing work in their professions, and last year Dr. Alfred 
Marshak received the Guggenheim Prize for Research, a compli- 
ment both to him and to us. 
Miss Elma Edson assisted for about three months in the spring 
with our children’s classes, and for extra help in the Children’s 
Garden, Mr. Edward Johnson, a former Alfred T. White Scholar- 
ship recipient, and Miss Beatrice Clark were assigned for the 
summer, 
During 1939 I acted as Secretary of the National Plant, Flower 
and Fruit Guild, one of the Directors of the School Garden As- 
sociation of New York, a Vice-President of the School Garden 
Association of America, Consultant of the Federated Garden Clubs 
of New York State, and President of the American Nature Study 
DOcichy: 
Respectfully submitted, 
ELLEN Eppy SHaw, 
Curator of Elementary Instruction. 
REPORT @ bh sce ACURATORG OF el wnNs FOR s1939 
To THE DIRECTOR. 
Herewith I submit my report for the year 1939: 
Woopy PLANTS 
Mr. Charles F. Doney, assistant in woody plants, reports that 
a number of new species were planted on the grounds during 1939. 
Among them may be mentioned Rhammnella franguloides, Jasnunum 
humile, Buddleia japomca, Styrax dasyantha, Abelia chinensis, 
Numerous trees and shrubs were moved from the nursery to 
er mound along Flatbush Avenue. 
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the grounds or to the borc 
Nearly 400 labels were placed on trees and shrubs; approximately 
