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slides this great metropolis of South America as a city of broad avenues 

 and shaded boulevards and of beautiful parks and squares, varying in 

 size from parks of two or three acres to the great Palermo Park, con- 

 taining approximately one thousand acres. Palermo Park is to Buenos 

 Aires what Bois de Bologne is to Paris, Central Park to New York and 

 Golden Gate to San Francisco. It contains many drives and walks 

 and a number of small lakes and an excellent restaurant. Many 

 kinds of trees have been planted along the drives and about the minia- 

 ture lakes, and evidently much time has been given to the development 

 of pleasing landscape effects. 



Within the Botanical Gardens have been assembled plants from all 

 parts of the world. It was planned and directed by Dr. Thays and 

 will stand as an everlasting monument to him as a scientist and landscape 

 gardener. Some of the plants are only decorative, but for the most part 

 the plants and trees have an economic value, or a scientific interest. 

 There are groups of medical plants, oleaginous species and fiber plants, 

 narcotic plants and also many valued for their perfume. There are 

 collections of palms, bamboos and cacti, coniferous species and grasses, 

 totaling more than 3500 species. 



Dr. David Griffith read a paper entitled Experiments in bulb cul- 

 ture, in which he described the various phases of the bulb investigations 

 conducted by the U. S. Department of Agriculture at Bellingham, 

 in the State of Washington, and Arlington Farm, Virginia, using many 

 lantern slides to illustrate the methods of planting, harvesting, storing 

 and shipping. The illustrations also showed the bulb plots in bloom 

 and the results obtained in the production of various varieties of Dutch 

 bulbs, lilies, etc. 



Chas. E. Chambliss, Recording Secretary. 



