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Since the Rose < iarden will he ;i major landscape feature in 

 the Botanic Garden, and since it is so closely related to the Es- 

 planade, which has hern planned as an approach to the Brooklyn 

 Museum when completed, the design for the garden was sub- 

 mitted to the architects of the Museum Building (and also of die 

 liotanic Garden buildings) for their approval. This was given in 

 a letter of June 14. i«;..G- which reads as follows: 



wing showing its s 

 t seems perfectly £ 



: bearing it has upc 



garden. Mr. Capan 



Wm. Mitchell Kend 



When the director relumed from his European trip on October 

 10, he found that the work, which began on June 14, had been 

 discontinued for about two weeks on account of the fact that the 

 cost, up to the date when the work ceased, slightly exceeded the 

 amount available. 



About October 20. Mr. Gran ford visited the 'Garden, expressed 

 his satisfaction with what had been accomplished, stated that he 

 felt, in the beginning, that we might not G able to do all of the 

 work for $10,000. and authorized its continuation to completion, 

 at a cost of approximateh JfG.ooo additional. This makes the 

 total amount of Mr. and Mrs. Gran ford's contribution, to date, 



In the appended report of the horticulturist and head gardener a 

 detailed account is given of the season's work, including the un- 

 anticipated obstacles in the form of large glacial boulders and an 

 old street paving which great 1} added to the difficult ie.- md cost of 

 the work. 



This Rose Garden is planned not only to be a thing of beauty 

 'as are most rose gardens) but, in harmony with the plan of the 

 Giiainc Garden as a whole, to be an educational feature. Wild 



