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November 6. ‘‘The Sources of Quinine,” by Dr. H. H. 
Rusby. 
November 13. “European Influences in American 
Botany,” by Dr. J. H. Barnhart. 
November 20. “The Diatoms,” by Dr. M. A. Howe. 
DocENTRY 
Under the guidance of Mr. Percy Wilson, Mr. R. S. 
Williams, and Mr. H. W. Becker, who were detailed for 
docentry, over 1,200 visitors availed themselves of this 
special opportunity provided by the Garden each week-day 
afternoon during the year for viewing the collections, 
grounds, and buildings. Many classes from various schools 
in the city have also applied for special botanical instruc- 
tion and demonstration. 
Nature Stupy 
The largest group of children that came to the Garden 
during the year was composed of about 10,000 members of 
the Bedtime Stories Club of The Globe, which held its first 
meeting here on September 20. Nearly 5,000 adults ac- 
companied the children on this occasion. 
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 numbers of the Journal. 
The Torrey Botanical Club has met each month as 
usual in the morphological laboratory in the museum 
building. 
The Horticultural Society of New York, in cooperation 
with the New York Botanical Garden, held exhibitions of 
plants and flowers in the museum building on May 8 
and 9, May 15 and 16, June 5 and 6, June 26 and 27, and 
August 15 and 16. Accounts of these exhibitions were 
published in the Journal. 
A field meeting of the department of botany of the 
