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15. The damage and loss of plants and the replanting are re- 
ported more in detail in the appended report of the horticulturist. 
2. Street Number Sign.—Through the Park Commissioner's 
office arrangements were made for the making and placing of an 
illuminated street number in the stone over our main entrance at 
No. 1000 Washington Avenue. This work was completed on 
June 28 by WPA men, working under supervision of the Depart- 
ment of Parks. 
Botanical Society of America 
The director served as ex officio member of the Council of the 
Botanical Society of America. At the annual meeting of the 
Society at Indianapolis, in peecme ‘r, he gave the address as 
retiring president, on the subject, “ Pandemic Botany.” At the 
close of the address colored lantern slides and motion pictures in 
color were shown illustrating the plantations and activities of the 
Brooklyn Botanic Garden. 
Works Progress Administration 
Indoor Workers 
During 1937 WPA workers continued substantially the same 
projects as during 1936. In the Progress Report signed by the 
Garden December 31, 1937, the Project was identified by Official 
Project Number 465-97-3-69; Service or Job Number 69. The 
number of persons assigned to the project, as of December 31, was 
32 as against 55 on December 31, 1936. The average weekly 
payroll for the year, met by the WPA, was $1067.14. This is 
$338.86 less than the average for 1936. 
Outdoor Workers 
The number of outdoor WPA men (guards, technicians, and 
handymen) as of January 11, 1937, was 15. During the year this 
force was gradually reduced, and by December 31 all these men 
had been removed for the stated reason that these were ‘‘budge- 
tary’’ positions—that is, not a special project but work of 
continuing nature that should be provided for in the regular 
operating budget of the institution. The guards, who were 
stationed at the gates, and filling an urgent need of the Garden, 
were all removed between October 27 and November 11. 
