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first course the district superintendent reported that the results 
were most gratifying, the children, in some instances, being 
stimulated to make collections of fungi, ferns and mosses, and 
to cman window boxes further illustrating the subjects of 
the lec 
eee were two courses arranged; one of two lectures and 
the stereopticon, and given by a regular member of the garden 
staff, the pupils are taken out on the grounds in groups of thirty 
to forty, where demonstrations are given on the subject of the 
lecture. This work is followed up during the next week in the 
class-room. 
During the first year the lectures were given to the pupils of 
Bronx Borough only, but in 1906 the privilege was extended to 
the public schools of Manhattan, and the afternoons of four days 
of each week were given over to the lectures. The pupils, 
accompanied by their teachers, come on trolleys, elevated roads, 
and subway, each paying his own fare, and, notwithstanding 
this ee and the further fact that attendance is optional with 
the pupils, the attendance increased from about 5,000 pupils in 
1905 to nearly 13,000 (9,378 from the Bronx, and 3,391 from 
Manhattan) pupils and teachers in 1906. During 1906 the work 
was inspected by many teachers, including several from Europe, 
and the course was repeated on Saturday mornings for teachers 
unable to be present on the afternoons regularly scheduled. The 
attendance of pupils from Manhattan was not continued, owing 
partly to the long ride on the elevated railroad. It should be 
stated that there is no record of any mishap to the pupils in 
going to and from the garden. In 1909 7,273 pupils and 235 
teachers from grade 4B, and 9,622 pupils and 341 teachers from 
rade 5B, or a total of 16,895 pupils and 576 teachers attended 
these lectures. 
11. The Brooklyn Botanic Garden (1910).—This garden was 
established by The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, in 
coéperation with the municipal government of Greater New York 
It is the primary purpose of the garden to combine instruction to 
