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The fence, erected in May, is of chestnut poles, imported from 

 France, and the donor prefers to remain anonymous. Vv^e have 

 not, in a long- time, had a gift that was more urgently needed. 



2. Two nciv bridges arc the gift of a member of the Botanic 

 Garden Governing Committee, Mr. Alfred W. Jenkins, in mem- 

 ory of his mother Mrs. James M. Jenkins. Like the Hills Boulder 

 Bridge (presented by Mrs. John Hills in 1928), they were designed 

 by our consulting landscape architect, Mr. Harold A. Caparn, and 

 are constructed of glacial boulders, with concrete arches concealed 

 by stone work. One of them, up-stream from the Hills Bridge, 

 replaces an old wooden bridge, intended as a temporary structure 

 when built fifteen years ago (in 1914), and wdiich had become 

 quite unsafe and beyond repair. The other is down-stream from 

 the Hills Bridge. Both bridges add materially to the beauty of 

 the Garden. 



3. Garden seats, also designed by ^fr. Caparn, and erected by 

 our own force of men. have l)een installed on three sides of the 

 Esplanade, as follows : 



One seat, in the center of the walk at the north end of the 

 Esplanade, was presented bv The (jarden Teachers Association 

 of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. This was the first one given, 

 and was constructed in IMav. Ten seats, five on each side, are, 

 like the new bridges, the gift of Mr. Alfred W. Jenkins. Their 

 construction was completed in September. 



The twelfth seat is in the name of Dr. and ]\lrs. Charles G. 

 Purdy, the gift being posthumous as to ]\lrs. Purdy and accepted 

 as in her memory. This seat, also completed in September, stands 

 at the north end of the Esplanade, facing the west walk. 



The ends of the seats are of artificial stone, the scats proper 

 and the backs being of wood. 



On Novemher 30, a gift of $300.00 was received from Mr. 

 Edward C. Blum (the president of our lioard) and Airs. Blum 

 to provide two more seats in the vicinity of the l)ubbler drinking 

 fountain given by ]\Irs. lUum in 1928. This gift was received 

 too late to permit of the construction of the seats in 1929. They 

 will be placed earlv in the spring of 1930. 



Additional seats are needed, and may be ]M-ovided at a cost of 

 $150.00 each. The seats arc unique, being designed s])ecially for 

 the Botanic Garden. 



