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ELEVENTH ANNUAL SPRINCx INSPECTION 



Favoring skies, after days of threatening weather, and a record 

 attendance marked the Eleventh Annual Spring Inspection of the 

 Brooklyn Botanic Garden by Trustees, Woman's Auxiliary, mem- 

 bers, and invited guests, on ^lay 12. 



This year Dame Nature of her own accord provided new fea- 

 tures for the entertainment. In past years, the second week in 

 May — the regular week for the Annual Spring Inspection — has 

 been the time of Dafifodils and Flowering Crabapples. But this 

 year, by forcing the season, Nature arranged a new set of flowers 

 for the occasion. The Flowering Crabs and Daffodils were past 

 and gone, but the 7,000 red and yellow tulips in the lawn near the 

 conservatories w'ere a dazzling and unforgetable sight, while the 

 exquisitely colored azaleas and irises in various parts of the 

 Garden brought forth enthusiastic praises. 



Promptly at 3 :30 p.m., the visitors started on the tour of in- 

 spection of the grounds, W'ith members of the Botanic Garden 

 Staff acting as guides, and preceded by young standard bearers 

 chosen from the Boys and Girls of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 

 who carried the flags of the Botanic Garden, of the City, and of 

 the United States. 



At the first objective, the Japanese Garden, the party found the 

 local color enhanced by a genuine Jinrikisha, and nearby, three 

 Japanese in native costume. At the Inari shrine the mysterious 

 temple trappings and accessories were visible for the occasion, 

 including the cjuaint Japanese bells, and the mirror wdiich is said 

 to reflect the soul of the devout Avorshipper. Plenty of boiled 

 rice w'as also placed for the refreshment of the god. 



Passing down between the specimen beds of gayly colored 

 tulips, including several wild species and many horticultural varie- 

 ties, the route led to the Rock Garden. Here Air. Free, Plorti- 

 culturist of the Garden, pointed out various Alpine and saxitile 

 species of interest. After inspecting the new plots devoted to 

 the Compositae (Asters, Chrysanthemums, and their relatives), 

 and the Girl Scouts' Tree, planted on Arbor Day bv the Girl 

 Scouts of Flatbush, the Children's Building w^as visited and its 



