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Public Lectures and Addresses 
Public lectures and addresses have been delivered by mem- 
bers of staff as follows: 
By the director of the Garden: 
March 30. The plants and people of western Cuba. At the 
Central Museum. 
April 23. Why we have Arbor Day. Before the American 
Association for the Planting and Preservation of City Trees. At 
the Central Museum. 
April 29. The value of trees in our lives. At the Girls’ 
High School Annex, Public School 42, Brooklyn. 
May 13. The plant life of Cuba. Before the Biological 
Association of Erasmus Hall High School, Brooklyn. 
June 15. Four weeks in western Cuba. At the New York 
Botanical Garden. 
By the curator of plants: 
February 24. Poisonous plants of our woodlands. At the 
Central Museum. 
April 11. unre, gardens. Before the Colony Club, New 
York. 
June 22. Poisonous plants of our woodlands. At the New 
York Botanical Garden. 
December 21. Effects of geology on our local flora. A con- 
ference conducted in the Science Room for the Department of 
Botany of the Institute. 
Field Meetings 
One field meeting was conducted for the Department of 
Botany by the director of the garden. on September 28, at the 
Garden. 
Publications of Members of Staff during 1912 
Gager, C. Stuart. Wheat rust and sun spots. Science N. S. 
35:74-75. 12 Ja IgI2. 
Ingrowing sprouts of Solanum tuberosum. Abstract of a 
paper read before the Bot. Soc. of America, Washing- 
ton, 29 Dec. 1911. Science N. S. 35:159-160. 26 Ja 
IQI2. 
Report of a trip to western Cuba in the fall of roro. 
Brooklyn Bot. Gard. Recorp 1:1-7. Ja ro1z2. 


