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Lectures and Demonstrations 
Public lectures have been delivered in the lecture hall of 
the museum building, as in previous years, on Saturday 
afternoons during the spring and autumn; the audiences 
have been appreciative and somewhat larger than ever before. 
The number of lectures has not been increased, although, as 
suggested in my last annual report, an experiment of deliver- 
ing them on Saturday afternoons throughout the summer 
might be worth making. 
Lectures and demonstrations to children and teachers of 
public schools of the Borough of the Bronx were given, both 
in the spring and in the autumn, the total attendance having 
been over 20,000. 
A detailed report on lectures and demonstrations and an 
account of meetings held at the Garden during the year will 
be found in the report of the Assistant Director hereto 
appended. 
Guides and Guide-Books 
The system of detailing aids and assistants for the personal 
guidance of visitors applying for such assistance has been 
continued, and this arrangement of personally conducting 
visitors through the grounds and buildings has been highly 
appreciated by those who have taken advantage of it. No 
change has been made in the plan of visits, a different part 
of the Garden being selected for each afternoon in the week, 
except Sundays, leaving the front door of the museum 
building at three o’clock. 
The edition of the guide-book issued late in 1907 has 
sufficed, but a new edition will evidently be needed during 
the year, and as many changes have been made, and all 
departments of the Garden considerably developed since that 
time, a second edition becomes desirable. This guide-book, 
together with unmounted photographs of special features of 
the Garden, its publications and picture postal cards, have 
been kept on sale at the approach to the elevated railway 
station and in the museum building. 
