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Mr. George P. Engelhardt, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Mr. Fred D. Osman, proprietor of New Brunswick Nurseries, 
New Brunswick, N. J. 
Mr. Edwin H. Thatcher, of John Thatcher & Son, Brooklyn. 
Mrs. John Hills, 715 St. Mark’s Ave., Brooklyn. 
Fourteenth Annual Spring Inspection 
At the Spring Inspection of the Garden by trustees, members, 
and invited guests, held as usual on the second Tuesday in May, 
the weather was delightful. The new Rose Garden was opened 
to members for, the first time (thought not yet opened to the 
public), and the first bubbler drinking fountain, installed on the 
north side of White Oak Circle, was viewed for the first time. 
Also, three pieces of sculpture by Miss Isabel M. Kimball, of 
Brooklyn, were exhibited. Two of them were models for two 
terminals (Winter and Summer), seven feet high, and were 
placed in the Rose Garden. The third piece was a small bronze 
statuette, “ The Merchild,” temporarily placed at the foot of the 
waterfall at the outlet of the swamp in the Ecological Garden. 
These pieces were loaned by Miss Kimball. Subsequently ‘“ The 
Merchild ” (Fig. 5) was presented to the Garden by Mr. Richard 
R. Bowker, a member of the Board of Trustees. The Botanic 
Garden has received from the Art Commission, City of New York, 
Certificate No. 3521, July 19, 1928, approving the design and 
location of this statuette. 
The indoor feature of the Inspection was an exhibit illustrating 
the Educational work of the Garden. As usual, the Inspection 
was in charge of the Woman’s Auxiliary, Mrs. Glentworth R. 
Butler, Chairman. Miss Alice Brinsmade was chairman of the 
special committee of arrangements. The attendance was about 
goo. Acknowledgment is here made of the cooperation of the 
members of the Auxiliary, and especially of numerous gifts of 
flowers, refreshments, and various utensils necessary in connection 
with the serving of tea. ; 
Cooperation 
As usual, the Garden has been in active cooperation during the 
year with many Governmental departments, and public and private 
institutions and organizations ; among others the following: 
