The Work for Bronze and Silver Buttons 
This year the work of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden was ar- 
ranged a little differently. The children having received three 
certificates are entitled to wear a bronze pin. To obtain a certifi- 
cate a girl must take one course of study in the Brooklyn Botanic 
Garden. This may be outdoor work in the summer, or green- 
house work in the fall, winter, or spring. At the end of one 
course she receives a certificate stating the completion of it. 
After she has received a bronze pin she is put at special work 
to obtain a silver one. After six months of satisfactory work she 
receives this. 
Some of the special work is done in classes of ten or twelve 
in each. One of these classes, which I am in, has had the pleas- 
ant study of seedlings. We are now at special outdoor garden 
work. Our gardens are arranged in one long strip of land. 
Each girl has a section of this, eight by ten feet, to plant and 
take care of. One foot from the center of one garden on either 
side are planted string beans. One foot from these is planted 
kohlrabi; white on one side and purple Vienna on the other. 
Six inches from the white kohlrabi are planted beets, and six 
inches from that onion sets, then radishes. On the other side, 
also six inches apart from each other, are planted carrots, lettuce, 
and radishes. For a border to the Children’s Gardens the Silver 
Button Workers are going to plant a large bed of flowers. 
After the children have received their silver buttons they may 
become honorary members of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden Clubs 
for Girls and Boys of which the}' have been active members. If an 
honorary member wants to pay dues and attend the meetings, he 
or she may still be an active member, eligible for office. 
M. Elinore Hartman, P. S. No. 9. 
NOTICES 
The Garden is open free to the public daily, from 8 a. m. un- 
til dark; on Sundays and holidays at 10 a. m. The Laboratory 
Building, containing the library, herbarium, and offices, is open 
daily, from 9 a. m. until 5 p. m. The Conservatories are open 
April 1-October 1, 10 a. m.-4:30 p. m.; October 1-April 1, 10 a. 
m.-4 p. m. 
The Garden may be reached by Flatbush Avenue trolley to 
Malbone Street; Franklin Avenue and Lorimer Street trolleys to 
Washington Avenue; St. John’s Place trolley to Sterling Place; 
Ninth Avenue, Sixteenth Avenue, Union Street, Greenpoint and 
Smith Street trolleys to Prospect Park Plaza and Union Street, and 
Brighton Beach elevated to Consumers’ Park Station. (The ele- 
vated trains stop only when the conductor is notified in advance.) 
The Leaflets are published weekly or bi-weekly from April to June, and 
September to October, inclusive, by The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, 
at Washington Avenue and Montgomery Street. Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Telephone: 6173 Prospect. 
Mail address: Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
