These talks will be given during school hours from April 10 to 
May 26, inclusive. It is necessary to give three days’ notice upon 
cards sent to schools on request. 
TALKS TO BE GIVEN AT THE BOTANIC GARDEN 
For All Grades 
I. How to Plant a Garden. (Lantern slides and demonstra- 
tions). 
II. Our Common Trees. (Lantern slides and outdoor work). 
III. Some of our native wild flowers that bloom in April, May 
and June. (Slides and specimens). 
IV. How to make Brooklyn a more beautiful city. (Lantern 
slides) . 
For Grades 4a and 4b 
V. Cultivation of plants by seeds, slips, runners, etc. (Green- 
house). 
VI. What plants need for growth. (Experiments). 
VII. Plant variations in the hot, cold and temperate countries. 
(Lantern slides and specimen plants). 
VIII. The cultivation of rice in China and Japan. (Lantern 
slides) . 
For Grades 5a and 5b 
IX. Plants useful to man. (Lantern slides and living plants). 
X. Evergreens and deciduous trees. (Botanic Garden grounds, 
Mav-June). 
XL Food plants raised in the United States. (Lantern slides). 
XII. Plant industries and products of the United States. (Lan- 
tern slides). 
XIII. Cotton raising in the South. (Lantern slides) . 
For Grades 6a and 6b 
XIV. Coffee culture in South America. (Lantern slides and liv- 
ing plants) . 
XV. The rubber industry in South America. (Lantern slides 
and living plants) . 
XVI. The class-room window box. (Demonstration). 
For Grades 7a and 7b 
XVII. Agricultural products of the United States, (Demonstra- 
tions) . 
XVIII. What plants mean to the world’s commerce. (Lantern 
slides). 
XIX. The life story of a tree. (Demonstration and slides). 
XX. Forestry. (Lantern slides). 
NOTE.— The above talks will be given only at the Brooklyn Botanic 
Garden, where the greenhouses, economic plants and the grounds 
make it possible to acquaint the children with the living material. 
Principals and teachers should make appointments for classes at 
least three days in advance. These talks are listed by grades to corre- 
late with the city syllabus in nature study and geogaphy. Any talk 
will be given to any class of either public or private schools, regard- 
less of this grading. 
