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room for the use of the Boys’ and Girls’ Club. Any boy or girl 
-who is enrolled, or has been enrolled, in any of the children’s 
classes at the Garden is eligible for membership in this club, which 
now numbers about 1,000 active members. The room contains 
shelves for a nature-study library, of which a nucleus has already 
been secured, and is equipped with stereoscopic views, photographs, 
and preserved and living specimens of plant life, for the instruction 
and entertainment of boys and girls. The room is open free to all 
children. Contributions of specimens and of books on nature 
study and closely related subjects will be most welcome. 
Children’s Garden Building 
This is located in the northern part of the Children’s Garden 
plot and contains a conference room, and rooms for the storage of 
garden tools and implements. The furniture in the conference 
room was a gift from Mrs. James H. Post. Various collections 
of plants, seeds, and insects of economic importance in the garden 
are accessible here for consultation by the children. A garden 
library, a gift of friends, has been added. North of the Chil- 
dren’s Building is a plot planted to ornamental shrubs and her- 
baceous perennials for the instruction of the children. 
Children’s Garden 
_ A plot of about three quarters of an acre in the southeast part 
of the Botanic Garden is devoted to the theoretical and practical 
instruction of children in gardening. The larger part of this area 
is laid out in garden plots which will accommodate about 150 
children. 
Rose Garden 
The Rose Garden, occupying about one acre in the northwest 
part of the Botanic Garden, was formally opened to the public 
on Sunday afternoon, June 24, 1928. This garden was made 
possible by a gift of $10,000, later increased to $15,000, from 
Mr. and Mrs. Walter V. Cranford, of Greenwich, Connecticut. 
The general plan of the Garden is as follows. At the north 
end, entrance is gained through a Doric pergola. Three parallel 
rows of beds extend to the southward from the pergola, as far 
as the pavilion. In the central row of beds, varieties of hybrid 
