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what kind it selects, as it has already included a tulip tree, a 

 jstnut, a hemlock, an American elm, and now a pin oak, and 

 ne of those which have been struck have recovered from the 

 struction, which is not at all confined to bark and outer layers, 

 t apparently affects the entire trunk. 



N. L. Britton. 



THE GARDEN AND THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 



In the spring of 1905 the experiment was tried of utilizing the 

 advantages of the garden in correlation with the nature study 

 work of the public schools in New York City. A course of two 

 lectures and demonstrations on the nature study of grade 4B, 

 and a course of three lectures and demonstrations on the nature 

 study of grade 5B were given by the Director-in- Chief and other 

 members of the garden staff, as described in the garden Journal 

 for June, 1905. 



The course was repeated in the fall of 1905, and the plan 

 proved so successful that it was decided to continue the work 

 this spring. The lectures were given in the lecture hall of the 

 museum building under the auspices of the Board of Education. 

 The lectures to grade 5B were given by Dr. W. A. Murrill, on 

 " Woody Plants and Plants Without Wood — The Protection of 

 Trees in Cities"; Dr. Henry H. Rusby, on "Industries Depend- 

 ing on Forests. Plant Products " ; and by Dr. N. L. Britton, on 

 " Classification of Plants." 



The lectures to grade 4B were by Mr. George V. Nash, on 

 " The Cultivation of Plants " ; and by Dr. Marshall A. Howe, on 

 " Seedless Plants." 



The classes assembled from the various schools of the Bronx 

 Borough in charge of their teachers, and the audiences numbered 

 from 450 to 850. After the lectures the pupils were divided into 

 convenient groups, each under the charge of a guide and demon- 

 strator, and the topics treated of in the lectures were further illus- 

 trated and enforced by study of the museum collections, and of 

 the living plants in the greenhouses, and out of doors, in the 

 forest and plantations. 



