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 APPENDIX 3 



TALKS, LECTURES, ADDRESSES, AND PAPERS GIVEN 



BY THE BOTANIC GARDEN PERSONNEL 



DURING 1940 



By the Director (Dr. Gager) : 



January 17. Vandalism in our parks. Mass meeting under 

 the auspices of the Brooklyn Civic Council. Brooklyn Edi- 

 son Auditorium. 



March 13. Hildegard of Bingen, or Women in Horticulture. 

 Garden Club of America, Annual Luncheon. Waldorf- 

 Astoria Hotel, New York. 



May 9. Elizabeth G. Britton and the movement for the pres- 

 ervation of native American wild flowers. New York Bird 

 and Tree Club and New York Botanical Garden. At the 

 New York Botanical Garden. 



September 25. Popular and scientific horticulture in a botanic 

 garden. .American Institute of Park Executives. Cleve- 

 land, Ohio. 



By the Curator of Public Instruction (Dr. Graves) : 



January 15. Conservation of plants. Union Church Parish 



House, Brooklyn. 

 March 18. Our native trees. Montclair Garden Club. 

 March 30. Daffodils. Hanson Place Central Church, Brook- 

 lyn. 

 May 11. Disease resistance in Castanea. Abraham Lincoln 



H. S. biology classes. At the Garden. 

 May 23. Variation and evolution. Curtis II. S. Staten 



Island. 

 September 1. Breeding the chestnut. Joint meeting of the 



Conn. Botanical Society and the Torrey Botanical Club. 



Residence of Mrs. Mary I. Turner, Meriden, Conn. 

 October 9. The zvork of the Brooklyn Botanic Harden. Glen 



Ridge Garden Club. At the Garden. 

 October 31. The microscope as an aid to breeding work with 



the chestnut. .Microscopy Club, Franklin K. Lane H. S. 



