132 INTERNATIONAL GARDEN CLUB 



During the present unusual situation brought about by the 

 war the Garden has provided, free of cost, the services of an 

 expert gardener to inspect vacant lots throughout Brooklyn, 

 and to some extent in adjacent boroughs of Greater New York, 

 to give instruction in gardening to individuals and neighbor- 

 hood groups, and to supervise vacant lot gardens through the 

 summer until the crop is harvested. 



The Garden has also published two Leaflets, one on " The small 

 vegetable garden," and one on "Insect Pests." These are dis- 

 tributed free to all who wish them. In addition, the Garden 

 has served as the center of distribution of seed potatoes in 

 Brooklyn for Mayor Mitchel's Food Committee, and nearly 

 200 bushels have been thus supplied for the planting of vacant 

 lot gardens. 



In closing, the writer wishes to urge the desirability of the es- 

 tablishment of botanic gardens in all American cities having 

 a population of from 5,000 to 10,000 or more. This is "an- 

 other story," and can only be mentioned here, but after the 

 war is over, and men's minds can be turned once more to the 

 occupations of peace, a nation wide movement should be 

 started for the establishment of botanic gardens. 



