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The tenth anniversary meeting of the School Garden 
Association of New York, was held at the New York Bo- 
tanical Garden on the afternoon of June 8, with a large 
number of members in attendance. Addresses were de- 
livered in the Mansion lecture room by Dr. N. L. Britton, 
Mr. Van Evrie Kilpatrick, and Mrs. Henry Parsons. 
On June 18, 452 students from the Morris High School 
visited the large conservatory range and portions of the 
grounds, and then attended a lecture in the museum 
building. 
On June 19, 247 students from the Evander Childs High 
School visited the large conservatory range and portions 
of the grounds, and then attended a lecture in the museum 
building. 
Scientific Meetings 
The monthly conferences of members of the staff and 
students have been continued, and a report of each meeting 
has been published in the current number of the Journal. 
The Torrey Botanical Club has met each month as usual 
in the morphological laboratory in the museum building. 
On October 30, the public hall was used in connection with 
the regular meeting of the Torrey Club for an illustrated 
lecture by Dr. E. O. Hovey on certain botanical explora- 
tions of the “Macmillan Expedition.” 
The Police of the Fifty-third Precinct, under Captain 
John levers, pursuant to the request of the Police Commis- 
sioner, used the museum lecture hall one evening a week 
during July and August, for the organization and instruc- 
tion of the Women’s Police Reserve and the Emergency 
Relief Organization of the Police Department. The 
average attendance at the seven lectures was 66. 
The New York Microscopical Society held a field meeting 
at the Garden on the afternoon of June 8, for the study 
and collection of pond life; most of the time was spent at 
lakes 2 and 3, where many minute treasures were found, 
both animal and vegetable. 
The Horticultural Society of New York, in cooperation 
