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SPRING INSPECTION 



The seventh annual spruig inspection of the Brooklyn Botanic 

 Garden was held on Tuesday, May lo, 192 1. Beginning at 3.30 

 p.m., brief exercises were held in recognition of the tenth anni- 

 versary of the Garden, and of the services of Mr. Alfred T. 

 A'Vhite in its foundation and development. 



The weather was all that could be desired, and the grounds 

 never looked better, nor were there ever more plants in bloom on 

 the day of the inspection. During the preceding years the ener- 

 gies and time of the Garden had been largely taken with the pre- 

 unmary work of grading, soil improvement, lawn making, initial 

 planting, and the construction of walks and buildings. This 

 work is not yet completed, but this year the Garden began to 

 give promise of the beauty toward which we have been aiming 

 during the past ten years. 



Owing to the early warm spell in April, many flowers were in 

 bloom that ordinarily do not blossom until after the date of the 

 inspection. The azaleas were nearly all in full bloom, the iris 

 were coming into flower, and the rock garden and Japanese 

 garden never looked more beautiful. 



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About 350 trustees, Auxiliciry and Garden members, and their 

 friends assembled in the auditorium where Mr. Frank Bailev, 

 the newly appointed chairman of the Botanic Garden Governing 

 Committee, presided. Mr. Bailey spoke briefly of the great loss 



which the Garden had sustained since its last inspection, one year 

 ago, in the sad death of Mr. White, who, as Mr. Bailey fittingly 

 said, was heretofore conspicuously present, but this year con- 

 spicuously absent. 



A cablegram wms read from Mr. A. Augustus Healy, honorary 

 president of the Institute, and now traveling in Italy, expressing 

 his regret at not being able to be present, and also containing a 

 word of tribute to ]\Ir. White. ■ This was the first time Mr. Healy 

 had not been present at the annual spring inspection. 



In the absence, also in Europe, of President Babbott, Mr. 



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Walter H. Crittenden, first vice-president of the Institute, was 



