A NEW TROPHY NEEDED 
In connection with the Botanic Garden’s annual children’s 
horticultural exhibit, held each September, it has been the custom 
to award a trophy to the school whose exhibit wins first prize. 
This trophy maybe retained by the school for only one year, until 
it has been won for the third time; it then becomes the permanent 
property of the school. Our first trophy, a bronze statue of 
Victory (illustrated in the Botanic Garden Record for October, 
1914, p. 106, and April, 1916, p. 62), was won for the third time, at 
the 1916 exhibit, by Public School No. 152; it thus becomes the 
permanent possession of that school, and a new trophy must be 
provided. 
An excellent opportunity is hereby afforded for any individ- 
ual or organization to provide the second trophy. The first one 
was valued at about $50. The children’s horticultural exhibit, 
with attendant awards, has been a means of greatly increasing 
the interest of schools and school children in the study of plant 
life and gardening, and the exhibits have improved in quality as 
well as in size each successive year. 
The director of the Garden will be glad to give further infor- 
mation on the subject to any one interested. 
C. S. G. 
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, nerbarium, 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 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. (The ele- 
vated trains stop 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 weekly or biweekly 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 
