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Lectures and Demonstrations 
The public lectures delivered at the museum building on 
Saturday afternoons during spring and autumn have been 
continued to appreciative audiences. The time for the lecture 
was changed from 4 :30 to 4 o’clock. Consideration has been 
given to the desirability of extending these lectures into the 
summer months, but this has not been attempted as yet. It 
does not seem probable that audiences could be assembled for 
such lectures during the winter, but a course of summer 
lectures might prove desirable. 
e lectures and demonstrations to children and teachers 
of the public school in codperation with their nature studies, 
were continued during the spring from April 19 to June 4, in 
codperation with the principals and district superintendents 
of the Borough of the Bronx, and of the upper school districts 
of Manhattan. The attendance of children and students was 
quite as large as during the preceding course. In order to 
give more official recognition of this codperation, the school 
principals of the Bronx have recommended that the arrange- 
ments for selecting and sending children to the Garden be 
taken up directly by the Board of Education, and, pending a 
decision on this question, no lectures nor demonstrations were 
arranged during the autumn. The matter was referred by 
the Board of Education to the Board of District Superin- 
tendents and it is hoped that this important work may be 
further elaborated during the coming spring. 
Details of lectures and demonstrations and of meetings held 
at the Garden during the year will be found in the report of 
the First Assistant, hereto appended. 
Guides and Guide—Books 
The arrangements for the personal guidance of visitors 
through the grounds and buildings made last year were con- 
tinued and have been much appreciated by those who have 
taken advantage of them. The total number of persons es- 
corted in this way has not been very large, but it is no doubt 
desirable to continue this work. 
