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E9. Research in the Systematic Botany of the Flowering 

 Plants. Dr. Svenson. 



E10. Research in the Structure of Flowers. Dr. G undersell. 



2. Independent Investigation 



The facilities of the laboratories, conservatories, library, and 

 herbarium are available to qualified investigators who wish to 

 carry on independent researches in their chosen field of botany. 

 By " qualified investigators " is meant those who have obtained the 

 doctor's degree or have completed most of the requirements for 

 the doctorate. The laboratories are open for such use only during 

 the hours when the Laboratory Building is regular!)' open, viz. 

 9 a. m. -5 p.m. Mondays to Fridays; 9-12 a.m. Saturdays, except 

 on holidays, when the building is closed. There is a charge of 

 $25 per year, payable to the Botanic Garden. 



COOPERATION WITH LOCAL SCHOOLS 



The Brooklyn Botanic Garden aims to cooperate in every prac- 

 ticable way with the public and private schools of Greater New 

 York in all matters pertaining to the study of plants and closely 

 related subjects. The purpose of the Garden in this connection 

 is to supplement and enrich the school work in the way of instruc- 

 tion, demonstration methods, study material, etc., which otherwise 

 would not be available. 



Geography classes, as well as classes in nature study and botany, 

 find the collection of useful plants in the Lconomic Plant Mouse. 

 the Local Flora Section, the Japanese Garden, the Herb Garden, 

 and also the Meridian Panel, the Armillary Sphere, and the La- 

 beled Glacial Boulders, valuable adjuncts to their class work. Ar- 

 rangements may he made by teachers ol geographv to have their 

 classes study these features under guidance. Illustrated lectures 

 ;il the Garden for geography classes may also be arranged. 



To visiting college classes in geology and physiography the Bo- 

 tanic Garden offers interesting material lor a stud)' of glaciation. 

 Notable features are a portion of the 1 [arbor Hill terminal moraine 

 (Boulder Hill), the morainal pond (the "Lake"), the labelled 



