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changes are anticipated from time to time for several seasons, 
before all adjustments and scenic effects will be satisfactory. 
The important work now remaining to be done is the completion 
of the planting of willows, alders, and other plants along the 
brook course. A rich algal flora is becoming established spon- 
taneously both in the quiet water and on the crests of the dams; 
and the appearance of insect larvae, tadpoles, frogs, and small 
fish that have come in from the lake make the brook addition- 
ally attractive and valuable for nature study. Numbers of sand- 
pipers and other birds have become regular frequenters of the 
swamp. Gos. 
BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN LEAFLETS 
On April ro, 1913, was begun the publication of the Brooklyn 
Botanic Garden Leaflets, a four-page, popular bulletin, intended 
primarily to keep its local constituency in touch with the Garden, 
by announcing the bloom’ng or other interesting activities of 
plants in the Garden, and by giving popular elementary informa- 
tion which may be utilized by teachers of nature study and 
botany. 
ips rated for the present, to issue the Leaflets weekly 
or bi-weekly during the months of April, May, June, September, 
and October, and copies are sent without charge to all persons 
who wish to receive them. So far, this little publication has 
proved to be one of the most popular things the Garden has 
undertaken, and there has been rarely -a mail, since the first 
number was issued, that has not brought from one to several 
requests (a total of over one hundred to June 1), to be placed 
on the mailing list. Schools have asked for extra copies in 
quantities of from 40 to 400, and requests have come from a 
range of territory extending from Massachusetts to Missouri 
and southward to Alabama. Number one can no longer be sup- 
plied, except with complete sets. 
As our out-of-doors collections increase, and when fhe con- 
servatories are opened to the public, and our popular educa- 
tional work develops, it will doubtless become desirable to issue 
the Leaflets weekly, except, possibly, during July and August. 

