point out that already, with only a comparatively small amount 
of work done, we have found plants of the watermelon, cotton, 
grape vine, flax, asparagus and others, highly resistant against 
certain diseases to which they are subject. E. W. O. 
NOTICES 
The Laboratory Building is open to the public daily, from 9 
a. m. till 5 p. m. Conservatories open April 1-October 1, 10 a. m.- 
4:30 p. m.; October 1-April 1, 10 a. m.-4 p. m. 
During the present season, until further notice, entrance to 
the Garden may be had only at the laboratory building on Wash- 
ington Avenue, opposite Montgomery Street, on permission from 
the office. This temporary regulation is made necessary by ex- 
tensive grading operations and the construction of new paths 
throughout the grounds. 
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 train stops only when the conductor is notified in advance.) 
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. 
Current numbers of Leaflets are free to all who wish them. 
Back series, complete, 50c. each; single numbers, 5c. each. 
The Leaflets are published bi-weekly from April to June, and September 
to November, inclusive, by The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, at Wash- 
ington Avenue and Montgomery Street, Brooklyn. N. Y. 
Application made for entry to the second class of mail matter, at Brooklyn, N.Y. 
Telephone: 6173 Prospect. 
Mail address: Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn, N. Y, 
