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instruction which will enable them to find in their gardens rest 

 and recreation for mind and body; food for the soul as well as for 

 the palate; a source of inspiration that will make us all philoso- 

 phers, artists and poets and increase our capacity to enjoy the 

 delights of the world we live in. 



"The lecture was illustrated by lantern-slides showing garden 

 activities and students at work." 



Miss Jean A. Cross read a paper on "What the Brooklyn 

 Botanic Garden is doing for Brooklyn." An abstract of this 

 paper follows. 



"At the Brooklyn Botanic Garden the work in elementary 

 instruction is in three divisions, viz., children's class w^ork, 

 cooperation with schools, and instruction for garden teachers. 



" Children's Class Work. — During the outdoor growing season 

 290 children had plots 8 x 10 feet. The crop for two days, when 

 records w^ere kept, averaged $173.52. There were 60 plots 

 10 X 20 feet for older children and teachers, besides 16 plots 

 20 X 40 feet. During the winter and early spring we have green- 

 house classes; at present 130 children are enrolled. Fifty of 

 these are high-school students. 



" Cooperation with Schools. — Early in the spring 115,847 penny 

 packets of seeds were sold to school children, representing a steady 

 increase from 25,000 packets in 1914. Home visiting was done 

 in various sections of the city. In September our fourth annual 

 children's horticultural exhibit was held, the children bringing in 

 produce from their home gardens. Student teachers from the 

 Brooklyn Botanic Garden supervised these school gardens. 



"During six weeks in the spring and fall, 155 classes from 

 schools visited the garden in school hours for a lecture, observa- 

 tion in the economic house, and a visit to the Japanese Garden. 

 Gary schools and high schools send classes weekly for greenhouse 

 work. Eighty-three lectures were also given by members of the 

 Brooklyn Botanic Garden staff at schools. The attendance was 

 27,605. 



" Instruction for Teachers. — Theory and practical w'ork in the 

 greenhouse and children's garden. A year's course is offered, 

 also a condensed six weeks' summer course. Certificates in 



