THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK 



ESTABLISHMENT OF A ROSE GARDEN 



The establishment of a Rose Garden has been assured by an 

 agreement between the New York Botanical Garden and The 

 Horticultural Society of New York, as expressed in the follow- 

 ing correspondence : 



April 17, 1915. 

 Mr. George V. Nash, Secretary, 



Horticultural Society of New York, 

 New York Botanical Garden, 



Bronx Park, New York City, 

 Dear Sir: I have the honor to inform you that at a meeting of the Board 

 of Managers of the New York Botanical Garden held April 15, 191 5, co- 

 operation of the Garden with The Horticultural Society of New York was 

 authorized for the establishment and maintenance of a rose garden in the 

 vallejf south of the Lorillard Mansion in Bronx Park, now occupied by an 

 herbaceous garden planted b}^ the Park Department, The Horticultural So- 

 ciety of New York to supply the rose plants and the maintenance of the 

 plantation to be accomplished by the Garden. 



Yours truly, 



(signed) N. L. Britton, 

 Secretary. 



May 13, 1915. 

 Dr. N. L. Britton, Secretary, 

 Board of Managers, 



New York Botanical Garden, 

 Bronx Park, N. Y. City, 

 Dear Sir: Referring to your communication of April 17, 1915, relating 

 to your offer, on behalf of the New York Botanical Garden to cooperate 

 with this society in the establishment of a rose garden, I have the honor 

 to inform you that at a meeting of the Council of The Horticultural So- 

 ciety of New York, held May 8, 1915, the following resolution was adopted : 

 Resolved: That the offer of the Board of Managers of the New York 

 Botanical Garden, as expressed in a letter transmitted by the secretary of 

 that body, dated April 17, 1915, to cooperate with The Horticultural Society 

 of New York in the establishment and maintenance of a rose garden in 

 Bronx Park, the Horticultural Society to furnish the rose plants, and the 

 Garden to accomplish the maintenance of the plantation, be and hereby is 

 accepted, and that the thanks of The Horticultural Society of New York be 

 and hereby are extended to the Board of Managers of the New York 

 Botanical Garden for its offer of cooperation in this matter. 



Yours truly, 



(signed) George V. Nash, 



Secretary. 



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