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teachers, came to the Garden for special study of certain 
collections under the guidance of members of the staff, 
after which they attended illustrated lectures on forestry 
given in the public lecture hall by Mr. George E. Hewitt 
and Mr. George H. Sherwood. 
On July 26, about 50 students from the summer school 
of Columbia University made an excursion through the 
grounds and buildings of the Garden, which was led by 
Mr. W. L. Crawford, Mr. George Meredith, and several 
members of the Garden staff. 
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. 
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 12 and 
13, June 9 and 10, July t4 and 15, and September 22 and 
23. 
A field meeting of the Department of Botany of the 
Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences was held at the 
Garden on the afternoon of April 28, about 75 members 
being in attendance. 
The New York Library Club held its annual meeting at 
the Garden on May 10, with about 200 members present. 
A field day for garden-club members was held at the 
Garden on May 21 under the auspices of the Garden Club 
of America. 
The American Association of Museums held a field 
meeting at the Garden on May 265. 
The American Gladiolus Society met at the Garden on 
August 24 and held its exhibition here August 23-26. 
The Torrey Botanical Club held one of its Fiftieth Anni- 
versary meetings at the Garden on October 19. 
