and the fruit containing the wasps is distributed in various ways 
through the orchards to each Smyrna fig tree. 
If one is more technically interested in this subject, “The 
Fertilisation of Flowers” by Herman Muller, translated into 
English by D’Arcy W. Thompson, is a good book to read. “The 
Natural History of Plants ” by A. Kerner and F. W. Oliver also 
contains much information on this subject, graphically described 
and in most cases, essentially accurate. 
Further, some of the beds of the Ecological Section in the 
Brooklyn Botanic Garden, are arranged as a living demonstration 
of the pollination phases of plant life. Here you will find the 
yucca and its moths, the milk-weeds, and various other insect 
pollinated plants, as well as those which depend on wind. This 
section is opposite the Rock Garden. 
Orland E. White 
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 (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 Avenue trolley to 
Malbone Street (Empire Boulevard); Franklin Avenue and 
Lorimer Street trolleys to Washington Avenue; St. John’s Place 
trolley to Sterling Place; Ninth Avenue, Union Street, Vanderbilt 
Avenue, and Smith Street trolleys to Prospect Park Plaza and 
Union Street, and Brighton Beach Express, Broadway (B.R.T.) 
Subway, to Prospect Park Station, north exit. 
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 ten 
or twelve 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 Botanic Garden, Brooklyn, 
N. Y. 
Telephone: 6173 Prospect. Mail address: Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn, 
N. Y. 
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