struction is done by experienced people, members oi our staff. 

 The number of lectures given to classes in 1940 was 814. 



A great deal of study material lias been given out during this 

 past year, due to the continuous work of Miss Hammond during 

 one month of the summer and in odd moments throughout the year. 

 This material goes to public school nature rooms and is used 

 throughout the entire school with class alter class. Nine thou- 

 sand seventy-three teachers were supplied with such material, for 

 the instruction of more than 300,000 pupils. 



The distribution of seeds to schools (more than 975,000 packets) 

 was slightly higher in 1040. 



More plants left our greenhouses this year than during last year. 

 Over 200 regular classes, with a total attendance of more than 

 5,000, worked in the greenhouses. In these groups over 40,000 

 plants were raised. This figure represents work done by both 

 children and grown people. It might be of interest to know that 

 practically all our stock material is raised here. A few Hats of 

 fern seedlings were- bought this year, but that is all. A new addi- 

 tion to our greenhouses put up in 1939 was hoped to solve the 

 problem of overcrowded greenhouses. This it did only in a slight 

 measure since, in the spring, the entire new addition was filled 

 with seedling plants raised bv the children for the outdoor garden. 

 Another greenhouse or lean-to of similar size is needed to harden 

 off the seedlings raised in our adult classes. 



Besides the professional training we gave to the W.P.A. ex- 

 cursion and nature teachers, we also took lor training, in the 

 spring, Mr. |ohn Campbell of the National Recreation Associa- 

 tion, and during the summer. Miss Anita Appel, a student ot 1 food 

 College. Each season the Department extends service in this way. 

 Both of these people received training in the Children's Garden. 



( )ur Children's Garden project was carried on as usual, and the 

 work of the season was unusually successful. The garden donated 

 flowers every week through the Brooklyn Plant, blower and Fruit 

 Guild to the Child Nutrition Centers in Brooklyn. A course in the 

 arrangement of Mowers was given to the children, and the amount 

 of crop was larger than usual. 



During the fall, a series of three free lectures, field trips, and 

 demonstrations in general nature studv was given to any teachers 



