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cently done over, with boulder banks on each side of the walk, 
newly paved with green * amesite ” and broken by three new flights 
of steps; also the rows of hornbeams planted on either side of the 
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walk leading to the gate. These trees will be trained so as ulti- 
mately to form a pleached alley. So far as we know, there is no 
example of a pleached alley in a public park in or near New York. 
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The indoor exhibits included: Twenty-five photographs of 
flower arrangements done by Mrs. Cyrus Winslow Merrell from 
arrangements made by Mrs. Wilham Pl. Cary. These included 
the originals of the sixty illustrations in Mrs. Cary’s new book, 47- 
ranging flowers throughout the year; Ulustrations of artifictal flow- 
ers In various media extending over the past two centurics. This 
collection was made by Mrs. Richardson Wright, and was exhib- 
ited through her courtesy. Also Photographs of illustrations in 
the Codex Juliae Aniciae, of Dioscorides, 512 A.D., lent for this 
exhibit by Miss Pauline Goldmark, of the Hartsdale (N. Y.) Gar- 
den Club; 300 mounted herbarium specimens of cultivated plants 
prepared by Dr. Henry K. Svenson, including tulips, narcissus, 
crocus, and other plants, mounted so as to preserve their natural 
colors as well as structural features: Design, in perspective, of the 
North Addition of the Botanic Garden, by Mr. Harold A. Caparn. 
This is reproduced as figure 1 of this Report. ‘Tea was served, 
as usual, by the Woman’s Auxiliary. 
PERSON NEL 
On December 7 
Life member and Patron. He was president of the Board of 
occurred the death of Mr. Frank L.. Babbott, a 
Trustees from May, 1920, to May, 1928, and in that capacity was 
ex officio a member of the Botanic Garden Governing Committee. 
From 1928 until his death he was honorary president of the Board. 
Mr. Babbott was a frequent contributor of funds to the Botanic 
Garden. 
Mr. Richard Rk. Bowker, a Life Member of the Institute, and a 
member of the Board of Trustees, died on November 12, 1933. 
In 1928 Mr. Bowker presented to the Garden the beautiful bronze 
Merchild, done by Miss Isabel M. Kimball. Since April, 1929, 
this has been an object of much interest in its naturalistic setting 
in the bed of t 
logical Section. 
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1e Brook, just south of the “swamp” in the Eco- 
