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of a very extensive collection of lantern slides owned by the 

 Garden which is constantly being increased; a noteworthy 

 part of this collection is the series of delicately and accurately 

 colored slides of flowers, fruits, trees and shrubs, by Mrs. 

 Adelaide S. Van Brunt, from photographs made during many 

 years by her late husband, Cornelius Van Brunt. 



A series of lectures to the pupils and teachers of public 

 schools, designed to illustrate and supplement their work in 

 nature study, is given in the large lecture hall on afternoons 

 in autumn and spring, and these lectures are attended by 

 many thousand children. 



The Horticultural Society of New York holds several of 

 its monthly meetings at the Garden, using the large lecture 

 hall, and also uses the basement museum hall adjacent for the 

 purpose of exhibitions. 



The Torrey Botanical Club holds monthly meetings from 

 October to May, on the afternoon of the last Wednesday of 

 each month, in the museum building, and many of its field 

 meetings on Saturday afternoons throughout the season are 

 held at the Garden. 



THE LIBRARY 



The library of the Garden is located in the center of the 

 upper floor of the museum building, and is available for con- 

 sultation, by permission. It has been formed by the Board 

 of Managers in order to provide for the use of students, all 

 the literature of botany, horticulture and related sciences, and 

 is rapidly becoming one of the most complete collections in 

 the world of books and pamphlets dealing with these subjects. 



THE HERBARIUM 



The herbarium consists of dried specimens of plants sys- 

 tematically arranged in cases ; it occupies the greater portion 

 of several rooms on the upper floor of the museum building, 

 and is available for consultation by permission. It contains 

 prepared specimens of all kinds of plants from all quarters of 

 the globe, and is the most extensive and complete collection 

 of its kind in America. 



