(420 ) 
Reference is made to the reports of the Bibliographer 
and of the Librarian hereto appended. 
Public Instruction and Information 
In addition to the important educational features of the 
grouped and labeled collections of plants and specimens, 
and of our various publications, a great amount of infor- 
mation is given out by members of our staff in replying to 
the questions of visitors and by mail; the answering of 
letters takes up a considerable amount of time, but the 
information thus given out is highly appreciated. Direct 
pedagogic work has also been accomplished through 
lectures, docentry, laboratory instruction, and through 
the garden school. Docents are provided every week day 
for public instruction without charge. Details of educa- 
tional and scientific work, and of investigations carried on 
by members of the staff, students, and visiting investi- 
gators, will be found in the report of the Assistant Director, 
that of the Director of the Laboratories, and that of the 
Supervisor of Gardening Instruction hereto appended. 
Cooperation with Garden Clubs 
Interesting and mutually stimulating relationships were 
established during the year with many garden clubs. 
Under the auspices of The Garden Club of America, mem- 
bers of fourteen clubs held a field day with us on May 10,* 
about 50 members participating. Lectures have been 
delivered to many clubs in their home localities by members 
of the staff, Mrs. Britton having addressed seventeen dif- 
ferent organizations and Mr. Parsons five; Dr. Howe, 
Dr. Seaver and I each lectured to one. 
Exploration 
The important work of obtaining new botanical and 
horticultural information and the collection of plants and 
specimens in regions botanically little known, which has 
* See Jour. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 18: 144, 145. pl. 200. 
