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plan for a rose garden on this area. The plot is admirably suited 
for such an exhibit, and | would recommend the adoption of this 
site, and the laying out of the rose garden as soon as funds can 
be secured for such a purpose, and for its annual up-keep. The 
director will be pleased to show the plans, and discuss the project 
further with any one interested. 
Building and Conservatory Plaza—We have now been in our 
completed laboratory building and conservatories nearly two 
years, but the approaches have not yet been developed in accord- 
ance with final plans. This leaves the building without proper 
setting, and the condition should be remedied during 1919, if 
possible. 
Preparation and Publication of Plans —Things we should ob- 
viously accomplish include, of course, the completion of the 
development and planting of our grounds ; grading (especially at 
the northern end), planting, the construction of water basins, 
fountains, and stone steps, the erection of a new fence, and espe- 
cially the provision of five or six entrances (and notably the one 
on Eastern Parkway ). Most of these things will doubtless re- 
quire appropriations of corporate stock of the City of New York. 
Careful studies should be made by architects and landscape 
architects so that the larger projects for structures may be placed 
before us in concrete form, and in some detail. I believe that 
the preparation and especially the publication of such studies 
would not only react in a desirable way upon ourselves, but that 
there would be a distinct advantage in presenting such plans to 
the public. It would give to those who are and to those who 
might like to be interested in the Botanic Garden a definite con- 
ception of some of the ideals we are aiming at; and I have even 
cherished the hope that an artistic presentation and wide publi- 
cation of these plans might operate to bring home to one or more 
of our public-spirited citizens a civic need and a splendid oppor- 
tunity to contribute toward “the city beautiful,” and to do some- 
thing personally to advance the cause of public education and 
culture in Brooklyn. 
Needs of the Garden 
Provision for Research—In my preceding report I referred to 
the great opportunity for leadership that has come to America as 

