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Docentry 
Classes, and other parties of several persons, wishing to view 
the plantations under guidance, may arrange with the Curator of 
Public Instruction for appointments with a docent to conduct them 
through the Garden. 
The Herbarium 
The Garden herbarium consists at present of about 40,000 speci- 
mens, including phanerogams, ferns, mosses, liverworts, lichens, 
parasitic and other fungi, algae, and myxomycetes. This collec- 
tion may be consulted by those interested, and specimens’ sub- 
mitted will be gladly identified. Address the Curator of Plants. 
The Library 
The rapidly growing library of the Garden occupies temporary 
quarters on the main floor of the laboratory building. This is not 
a circulating library, but is open for consultation without charge, 
to all persons, from 9 a.m, until 5 pm. Over 60 current peri- 
odicals devoted to botany and related subjects are regularly re- 
ceived. 
Lectures 
For CHILDREN 
Srories Anour Userut Piants. (ILLustratep.) For chil- 
dren of members of The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. 
Admission only by ticket, which may be had on application to Miss 
April 25. The story of bread. (Wheat.) 
May 2. Beverage plants. (Cocoa and chocolate.) 
May 9. A plant serving a useful purpose. (Rubber.) 
May 16. The food of half a billion people. (Rice.) 
TALKS ON GARDENS. (ILLUSTRATED.) Open to all children 
without charge. Tickets may be had on application to Miss Shaw. 
Mondays at 4 p.m. 
April 20. How to make a garden. 
April 27. The seed—How plants start. (Illustrated by ex- 
periments and pictures.) 
May 4. Birds and their relation to gardens. 
