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The Harden Club of America Annual Luncheon was held at the 

 Waldorf-Astoria Hotel on March 13. The director of this Garden 

 gave the address on the subject, " 1 [ildegard of Bingen, or Women 

 in Horticulture." The address was subsequently published in the 

 May, 1940, issue of the Garden Club of America Bulletin. The 

 director also acted as a member of the Committee of fudges for 

 the award of the Club's Bronze Medal. 



The National Recreation Association sent Mr. John Campbell 

 to the Garden during the spring as an observer with special refer- 

 ence to our work with children's gardens. Mr. Campbell, who was 

 in residence here from March 4 to June 18, is Field Secretary in 

 Gardening Service for the National Recreation Association. 



For the 1940 California Spring Harden Shoiv, held at Berkely, 

 California, May 1-5, Dr. Gager accepted the invitation of their 

 Board ol Directors to serve as one ot the Honorary counsellors. 

 A letter of greeting from the Brooklyn Botanic Garden was pub- 

 lished in the Show Program. 



The New York Bird and Tree Chili, on May 9, unveiled at the 

 New York Botanical Garden a bronze tablet to commemorate the 

 services ol Mrs. X. L. Britton in the movement for the protection 

 ol our native American wildflowers and as one of the founders of 

 the Club. Programs were held both morning and afternoon. In 

 the afternoon program Dr. Gager gave a paper on " Elizabeth G. 

 Britton and the movement for the preservation of native American 

 wild flowers," which was published in the June number of the 

 Journal of the New York Botanical Garden. 



The Torrcy Botanical Club held a field meeting and tea at the 

 Garden on Thursday afternoon, June 13. The guests of honor 

 were Mr. George T. Hastings, for some years editor of Torreya, 

 and Mrs. I lastings, and Professor and Mrs. E. \Y. Sinnott. Doc- 

 tor Sinnott, professor of botany at Columbia University, a former 

 president of the Club, is leaving the City and Columbia to enter 

 upon his duties as Sterling professor of botany, head of the de- 

 partment, and director of the Marsh Botanical Garden, at Yale 

 University on July 1. Mr. Hastings, who has been a teacher of 

 botany in the High Schools of New York City for many years, is 

 retiring trom active service, and has taken up his residence in 

 Cali Eornia. 



