should be able to show the sUdes intelligently and it might, I should 
think, be possible to arrange such lectures not only for the members of 
the affiliated clubs but also for the general public in the communities 
were the different clubs are located. 
There seems to be an increasing demand for such talks about the 
plants in the Arboretum, judging by the calls to lecture on the sub- 
ject which come to Mr. Farrington, the editor of The Journal of 
Horticulture, to whom the Arboretum has furnished a set of these 
slides. His talks have usually only been in the neighborhood of 
Boston. The Art Institute of Chicago owns a set of the Arboretum 
slides and its President, Mr. Charles L. Hutchinson, has used them 
several times for lectures on the Arboretum in Chicago. The Chicago 
Art Institute has an enormous collection of slides representing art 
subjects and has done valuable educational work in sending these 
through the western states as a basis for public lectures. I believe that 
the Garden Club of America can greatly increase its influence in 
this way. The Arboretum will be glad to cooperate in the manner I 
have suggested. 
I am, Faithfully yours, 
(Signed) C. S. Sargent. 
Mrs. Sloan writes that the offer has, of course, been accepted 
and adds that she thinks it a splendid thing for the Club. 
How TO There are two entrances to the Arboretum from the Arborway, a 
Reach the part of the main Boston parkway, one close to Centre Street, Jamaica 
Arboretum Plain, leading directly to the Administration Building, and the other 
further from Boston and nearer Forest Hills. There are also entrances 
on South Street and South Street at the corner of Bussey Street, 
Jamaica Plain, from Walter Street, Jamaica Plain, and from Centre 
Street, Jamaica Plain. Persons desiring to reach the Arboretum by 
motor from Boston should follow the parkway, taking it at Common- 
wealth Avenue. This will bring them either to the Jamaica Plain 
entrance neg.r the Administration Building or to the Forest Hills 
entrance. By trolley the Jamaica Plain entrance is reached by the Sub- 
way and the South Huntington Avenue cars which should be left at 
the Soldiers' Monument at the corner of EHot and Centre Streets, 
Jamaica Plain. From the Soldiers' Monument to the Jamaica Plain 
entrance and Administration Building is a short five minutes' walk. 
The Forest Hills entrance can be reached by the Subway and Elevated 
Road to Forest Hills, the station being less than five minutes' walk 
from the entrance. It can also be reached by the N. Y., N. H. & H. 
Railroad from the South and Back Bay Stations to Forest Hills. 
The Arboretum is particularly interesting in September and 
October from the large quantity of handsome and interesting fruits 
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