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A. Putman, and Mr. Howard O. Wood. Mr. Edwin P. Maynard 



was treasurer of the fund. The following was the 



Program 



Presiding 

 M r. Frederic B. Pratt 



Presentation Address 

 Mr. R. Fulton Cutting 



Unveiling of the Memorial 



Acceptance on behalf of the City 



Hon. John N. Harmon 

 Commissioner of Parks, Brooklyn 



Acceptance on behalf of the Botanic Garden 



Mr. Frank Bailey 



Chairman Botanic Garden Governing Committee 



The plaque was covered with a double curtain of smilax, with 

 a large wreath of bronzed magnolia leaves, cycad leaves, and red 

 carnations lying at the base. The unveiling was by the two grand- 

 children of Mr. White, Miss Katharine Van Sinderen and her 

 brother Master Adrian Van Sinderen, Jr.. who pulled the cords 

 that drew the smilax curtain to either side, thus disclosing the 

 bas-relief to view. The fifteen fine specimens of dwarf pines 

 planted at the back of the Memorial were presented by Mr. Frank 

 Bailey, Mr. White's successor as chairman of the Botanic Garden 

 Governing Committee. 



B< )TANICAL SOCIETIES TAKE ACTION TO SAVE 



NATIVE PLANTS 



On Wednesday, May 23, the Torrey Bontanical Club, the New- 

 York Bird and Tree Club, the American Fern Society, and the 

 Wdd blower Preservation Society of America held a joint meet- 

 ing at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. The party was conducted 

 about the grounds by Mr. Norman Taylor, inspecting the Japanese 

 Garden, the Rock Garden, the systematic collection and the Chil- 



