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Lists of lecture and docentry subjects offered by this department 

 to the high schools were mailed to the biology departments in all 

 New York High Schools and Annexes. 



Personnel Items 



Mrs. Virginia D. C. Horton, M.A., of Texas A. and M. College, 

 came to us through the Bureau of Appointments at Columbia Uni- 

 versity and assisted in teaching, docentry. and stenography from 

 April 11 until June 13. 



Miss Hester M. Rusk, instructor in this department, revised the 

 much-called-for Leaflet, " Care of Cut Flowers," and it was issued 

 in December. In addition she has arranged a new loan set of lan- 

 tern slides for the schools — " Summer Wild Flowers," and has 

 begun to assemble one on " Ferns." We are also working on a set 

 illustrating " Conservation of the Soil " and in this the Soil Con- 

 servation Service of the U. S. D. A. is giving us much assistance. 



From June 16 through July 14, Miss Rusk assisted me in pollina- 

 tion, labelling, and mapping work on our chestnut plantation at 

 Hamden, Conn. She has continued compiling data for a catalog of 

 the plants of Long Island, and has served on the Local Flora Com- 

 mittee of the Torrey Botanical Club. She also continued to serve 

 as Librarian of the American Fern Society. For nine months of 

 the year Miss Rusk had the voluntary part-time assistance of Mrs. 

 Herbert Lawrence, of Brooklyn, in the care of a "teaching herba- 

 rium." We are glad to have this opportunity to express our 

 thanks to Mrs. Lawrence for this generous gift of her time. 



During the past year T have served on the Council and on various 

 committees of the Torrey Botanical Club. In January I was 

 elected a member of the Advisory Board of the School Nature 

 League of New York City. I continued to act as examiner for 



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merit badges for the Brooklyn Council of the Boy Scout Founda- 

 tion of Creater New York. 



Miscellaneous Items 



The "Exhibit of the Week," calling attention to some feature 

 of especial interest on the grounds or in the conservatories, was 

 continued. The following new "exhibits" were added this fall: 

 Callicarpa japonica, Lonicera japonica, Crataegus Lavallei, 



