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the Botanic Garden, now for the fifth year in succession, for the 
support of the department of Plant Pathology. 
Membership 
There was a decrease in the number of annual members from 
648 to 627, as given on page 182 of this report. It may be 
noted here that membership in such an institution as the Botanic 
Garden is not a wholly selfish matter for, in addition to securing 
certain advantages for the member, it also affords an opportunity 
of contributing to a work of great value to the entire city, involy- 
ing the employment of personnel, and which depends in large 
measure on private funds income for its support. 
Plant Distribution 
At the annual distribution of surplus plants to members over 
5300 plants were distributed to 305 members. These included 
Asters, Sedum, Boltonia, and Pansies on April rr, and Chrysan- 
themums on May 20. 
Sixteenth Annual Spring Inspection 
The Sixteenth Annual Spring Inspection for members and 
friends was held as usual on the second Tuesday of May, which 
fell on May 13. Following the inspection of the plantations tea 
was served in the Laboratory Building by the Woman's Auxiliary 
to whom the Garden is again greatly indebted for the success of 
this always delightful occasion. 
The exhibits on view during the serving of tea included a num- 
coat 
ber of very beautiful paintings of wild flowers in their natural 
surroundings of fields, woods, and thickets ;a number of decorative 
panels of cultivated flowers; and two screens with floral designs. 
These were by Miss Beatrice Kendall, of Manhattan, who has 
made a specialty of the use of flowers, shrubs, and vines in the 
painted decoration of rooms, employing, wherever possible, the 
surrounding gardens or landscape as her material, in order to 
achieve a unity between the house and its setting. 
The new Library and Herbarium Equipment was also inspected, 
and several designs of Architect and Landscape Architect for ad- 
ditional outdoor features greatly needed and suitable for private 
