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lished in 1933 has always been popular. In June the Garden re- 

 ceived an order for 500 copies of the Leaflet from the firm of 

 E. R. Squibb & Sons, for distribution within their organization, 

 "because of the basic information on hay fever and its botanical 

 correlations " with special reference to pollen extracts and prepara- 

 tions for the treatment of allergy. 



The Garden still lacks funds for resuming the regular publica- 

 tion of the Leaflets, which have a wide international circulation 

 and serve a very useful purpose in the dissemination of popular 

 information about plant life, gardening, and the Brooklyn Botanic 

 Garden. 



The large demand for the Leaflet on " The Care of Cut Flowers " 

 (Series XXI II, No. 2-3, March 27, 1935). soon exhausted the 

 supply, and a new and revised edition was published on December 

 18 as Series XXVII, No. 3. 



Elementary Instruction. — Luring 1940, class work and lectures 

 with children and the teachers of children both at the garden and 

 at schools and other institutions, have been conducted along the 

 usual lines. More than 830 lectures were given. Special men- 

 tion should be made here of the work of teacher-training carried 

 on by this department with young men and women enrolled in the 

 WPA, and looking toward teaching or docentry as a calling. 

 In addition, training was given to two " internes." Study ma- 

 terial was supplied, without charge, to more than 9,000 teachers 

 for the teaching of more than 300,000 pupils. This is in addition 

 to the material supplied by another department to teachers in high 

 schools and colleges. 



Some 46,200 plants raised by adults and children in the instruc- 

 tional greenhouses were taken to schools and homes, in addition 

 to more than 4,800 plants raised from seed for our own children's 

 garden — a total of more than 51,000. 



Broadcasting. — When the Botanic Garden was established, 

 thirty years ago, the radio had not been perfected and broad- 

 casting was not known. During 1940 the Garden continued its 

 radio talks for the tenth year. This was the ninth year of its 

 cooperation with the Radio Garden Club with talks over the Mutual 

 Broadcasting System's coast-to-coast network, Station WOR. In 

 addition 20 talks were given as usual over the Municipal station, 



