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Special Service 



Nursery Catalogs. In Fehniary, a larii^'c collcctidii of nursery 

 cataloi^'s was ])lacc(l on tlic Lil)rar\- tal)les and ])ost-car(l Ijiillctins 

 announcino this were sent to all niemljers. 



Colored SoiCc'CJiir Post Cards, showing views in the iiotanic 

 Garden were (hstrihuted free to niemhers (Unano- tlie Spring". 

 Idiese are the first colored ])ost-cards of the (iarden, and included 

 the following suhjects: Children's (iarden (The l<\)rnial (iarden) ; 

 Children's (iarden (Saturday i\h)rning Scene) ; Idic Rock (iarden 

 (^^'aterfal] and Iris): The T.ake : \'iew h'acing West (liast In- 

 dian Lotus— A'(7;n///'r) inicifera) ', dhe Jirook ( \"iew l'\acing 

 North); Daffodils (Narcissus 1 'seudo-Narcissus X'ariety " J^m- 

 peror"). naturalized in the lawn. The cards ha\e l)een on sale 

 daily since puhlished — on Sundays on the (irounds, on week days 

 in the Lahoratory Ihiilding". 



Distribution of Surl^lus f'laiit Material to nienihers included 

 1700 (.'hr_\-santheinunis and 200 .\sters. 'fhis has hcconie a ])o])- 

 ular service, the demands heing in excess of our ahilitx- to resjiond. 



I'kr:eer Days, ddiese are re])orted on in detail ])y tlie curator 

 of |)ul)lic instruction (page 78). 'fhey increase in i)oi)ularity 

 from year to year. 



Fifteenth Annual Spring Inspection 



On account of rain dtn-ing part of the day, the attendance at 

 the .Vnnual S])ring lns])ection was only al)out 500 — somewhat 

 smaller than on preceding years, ddie Jnsi)ection, as usual, was 

 field on the second Tuesday in May, wliich fell in \e)2() on Al.ay 1 1. 



'fhe tour of the grounds included insi)ection of the statuette 

 " Merchild " (permanently installed during the )'ear), the l^ock 

 Garden, the eight new hul)hler drinking fountains, the I lills 

 Boulder Bridge, Lilac dhaangle and Rose (iarden, new Garden 

 seat, Clierr_\- Walk and ja])anese (iarden, and the Woven Wood 

 Fence around the Jai)anese (iarden. 



The exhihits included a rare collection of reproductions of 

 original water colors and drawings of Tortugese flowers hv 11. 

 M. Queen Anielie of Portugal, Princes of France; also Indian, 

 Persian, and ITn'opean hook illustrations (miniatures), showing 

 the use ol flowers, trees, and gardens in decoratix'e illnstralions 



