slaked lime) is used for the purpose of sweetening such acid 
soils. 
Certain molds and fungus and animal root-parasites which 
may attack and even destroy the roots of plants, should also be 
mentioned as harmful soil organisms. 
E. W. Olive 
NOTICES 
The Garden is open free to the public daily, from 8 a. m. un- 
til sunset; on Sundays and holidays at 10 a. m. The Laboratory 
Building, containing the library, herbarium, and offices, is open 
daily (except Sundays), from 9 a. m. until 5 p. m. (Saturdays, 9- 
12). The Conservatories are open April 1-October 1, 10 a. m. -4:30 
p. m. (Sundays, 2-4:30); October 1-April 1, 10 a. m.-4 p. m. 
(Sundays, 2-4) . 
The Garden may be reached by Flatbush Ave. trolley to Malbone 
St.; Franklin Ave., Lorimer St., and Tompkins Ave. trolleys to 
Washington Ave.; St. John’s Place and Rogers Ave. trolleys to 
Sterling Place; Vanderbilt Ave., Sixteenth Ave., Union St., Green- 
point, and Smith St. trolleys to Prospect Park Plaza and Union St., 
and Brighton Beach elevated to Consumers’ Park Station. 
A docent will meet parties by appointment and conduct them 
through the Garden. This service is free to members of the 
Botanic Garden and to teachers with classes; to others there is a 
nominal charge of 25 cents an hour for parties of less than three, 
and 10 cents a person per hour for parties of three or more. 
Subscription for Leaflets fifty cents a series (comprising about 
twelve to fourteen numbers); free to members of the Botanic 
Garden and to teachers. 
The Leaflets are published weekly or biweekly from April to June, and 
October to November, 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 
