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addresses could be obtained, was called for October 19, 1912. 
This meeting will be reported in some detail in the Garden 
Recorp for January, 1913. Copies of the proposed educational 
program were submitted to each of the teachers present at the 
conference, and in the discussion that followed, some very 
stimulating and helpful suggestions were made, which will un- 
doubtedly aid much in furthering this work. 
I present herewith, somewhat modified and amplified by 
these suggestions, this preliminary outline. Asterisks. indicate 
those activities already begun. 
Tentative Outline of Educational Activities of the Brooklyn Botanic 
1. Labelled collections of living plants. 
*a. Plantations. 
b. Conservatories. 
2. Correlation with local school work. 
*a. Use of the garden, laboratories, and conservatories by 
high school teachers with their classes. 
*b. Lectures on nature study and botanical subjects to 
grammar school children. 
c. Practical gardening, with talks about the plants grown 
by the school children. School gardens. 
d. Voluntary use of microscopes by school children. 
e. Supply of study material to schools. (See also Sup- 
ply Department. ) 
f. Prizes to high school pupils for work in botany. 
(1) For the best standing in the high school 
course. 
(2) For the best botanical essay based on a 
study of the Garden collections, either in 
the conservatories or out of doors. 
(3) For the best laboratory study on an as- 
signed topic, done in the Garden labora- 
tory. 
3. *Public lectures to adults on various phases of botany by 
members of the Garden staff and others. 
4. Special lectures on request. 
a. At the Garden. 
*b. At schools, clubs, etc. 
