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Further, as part of its cooperation with the City, the Garden this 

 year offered courses especially designed to assist employees of the 

 Park Department. A course in general gardening was conducted 

 in the fall by Mr, Free, our horticulturist, which was elected by 87 

 members of the I 'ark Department. Courses in trees and shrubs 

 for these men were also conducted in both spring and fall by Mr. 

 Charles F. Doney, assistant in Woody Plants, and by the writer. 

 Forty-one members of the Park Department registered for these 

 courses. 



In addition to the adult courses referred to above, the Garden 

 offers special courses ("A" courses) for its members and the 

 general public. With the exception of course A38, consisting of 

 3 lectures on Plant Evolution by Dr. Alfred Gundersen, Curator 

 of Plants, for which 60 people enrolled, registration in these has 

 been about as usual. 



In accordance with the cooperative agreement between the Gar- 

 den and New York University, Mr. Arthur Davidoff, a graduate 

 student in that institution, did work in our laboratory in Forest 

 Pathology, during the school year 1939-40. 



Work with High Schools 



The New York City High School curriculum, as at present con- 

 stituted, includes a course in general science for the freshman year. 

 In the succeeding years pupils may elect courses in advanced biol- 

 ogy, chemistry, or physics. As a result, courses in botany as a 

 distinct subject are no longer given in any high school, with the 

 exception of one where, we understand, about 75 pupils are now 

 taking a course in botany. 



In spite of this situation we have had several high school classes 

 here during the past year. The Biology Department of the Girls 

 Commercial High School came for a lesson in plant propagation. 

 Among other classes was one in physiography from the same 

 school, which came for a lesson on the glacial boulders and other 

 results of glaciation in the Garden. The members of a science 

 club at the Alexander Hamilton High School came for a series of 

 lessons in plant propagation and grafting, in which our Department 

 of Elementary Instruction cooperated. About 300 pupils of the 

 department of biology of the Abraham Lincoln High School came 



