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of the various courses, and on many details of administra- 
tion. I have also acted as the intermediary with the 
Federal Board for Vocational Education, handling most of 
the correspondence and business. 
In an attempt to attract to the courses in garden instruc- 
tion a number of civilian students, a small advertising 
campaign has been conducted. Notices briefly describing 
the courses and the opportunity were inserted in The 
Garden Magazine, The Gardeners’ Chronicle, The Florists’ 
Exchange, and Horticulture. These have brought some 
hundreds of replies, but only seven actual registrations. 
Others are expected for the early part of 1920, but in 
general the advertising campaign has been a failure. 
he numerous replies have demonstrated beyond a 
doubt that there is a widespread interest in garden in- 
struction, and have led me to the conclusion that the lack 
of registration is due to some defect in our plan. Acting 
on this conclusion, I have formulated a new plan for the 
administration of the instruction in gardening, which has 
already been approved in principle by the Scientific 
Directors, and which will be presented to the Board of 
Managers for final action. 
For three months during the summer, a small advertise- 
ment of Addisonia was inserted in The Garden Magazine. 
Again many replies were received, and four new sub- 
scriptions followed, which were enough to make the adver- 
tising distinctly profitable, although leading me to believe 
that some changes in our present method of publishing 
Addisonia might result in a much larger subscription list. 
Inspired by the success of the exhibition of plant forms 
used in design, held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, a 
competition in the use of plants in decorative design was 
held at the Mansion in April, and was participated in by 
26 art students of the city. A detailed account of this 
has been published in the Journal (20: 124-126). 
The annual spring inspection of the Garden was held 
May I. 
