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Alfred T. White. The tablet contains the stanza quoted at the 
end of this article. 
3. The Rock Garden. The new portion, west of the main walk, 
was exhibited for the first time. 
4. Azalea bank and knoll, with new planting of azalea, rhodo- 
dendron, and mountain laurel. ; 
5. Children’s Gardens. 
6, Conservatory Plaza. ' 
7. Laboratory building. Exhibition of twenty-three newly 
framed portraits, recently added to the Garden’s collection of por- 
traits of the makers of botany, from Aristotle to the present. 
8. Exhibit of flower plates and batik work with designs from 
the flora of British Guiana. This exhibit of work by Miss Anna 
Heyward Taylor combines scientific accuracy with decorative 
quality in a conventional and naturalistic treatment in decorative 
textiles of batik and embroidery. The designs were suggested, not: 
only by flowers and entire plants, but also by the cellular (micro- 
scopic) structure of stems and other parts as seen in sectional 
view. So far as known to the Botanic Garden, this is the first 
time the finer structure of plants has been utilized as a source of 
design in decorative art. 
Tea was served from 4.30 until 6 o’clock in the main rotunda of 
the Laboratory Building by the Woman’s Auxiliary of the Brook- 
lyn Botanic Garden. 
At the unveiling of the bronze tablet, Mr. Frank Bailey, who 
succeeded Mr. Alfred T. White as chairman of the Botanic Garden 
Governing Committee, spoke briefly of Mr. White’s services to the 
Botanic Garden, and introduced Director Gager, who spoke as 
follows: 
REMARKS AT THE UNVEILING OF THE WHITE OAK TABLET 
In his delightful essay on Marcus Aurelius, Matthew Arnold 
states that “the great record for his inward life was the clear 
consenting voice of his contemporaries, high and low, friend and 
enemy, pagan and Christian, in praise of his wisdom, justice, and 
goodness. . . . Long after his death his bust was found in the 
houses of men throughout the wide Roman Empire.” So with the 
man who planted this tree; those who knew him best delight most 
