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gift of plants since the gift of Mr. Lowell M. Palmer, in 1911. 
Mr. Hicks’s gift comprises about 600 evergreens, including about 
300 Taxus cuspidata (6-8 inches), 50 Taxus canadensis (9-12 
inches), 100 Duglass spruce (6-8 inches), and 30 Abies concolor, 
(about 1 ft). There are about 2000 deciduous trees and shrubs. 
This material includes a number of specimens for the scientific 
collections, but the bulk of it is duplicates to be utilized for the 
ornamental and utilitarian planting. The gift could not have 
been made at a more opportune time to meet the needs of the 
Garden. Much of it has already been planted for the border 
screen on the new mounds near the Malbone Street gate. 
