is 
extending over a period of more than ten years. But the beautifi- 
cation of Athens, with all it has meant to modern civilization, 
must be considered as some compensation (from our point of 
view, at least) for the distresses of the post-war ‘‘depression”’ in 
Athens. 
The recalling of this history enables us to view, in illuminating 
perspective, the current events of our own time under the opera- 
tion of the Civil Works Administration (CWA), Temporary 
Emergency Relief Administration (TERA), Public Works of 
Art Project (PWAP), and other ‘‘Administrations’’ of the 
“recovery” program, enriching our cities with works of engineer- 
ing and of architectural and landscape beauty. 
The Brooklyn Botanic Garden has benefited in various ways 
by cooperation with different governmental recovery projects, 
as follows: 
EWB (Emergency Work Bureau).—Our cooperation with this 
Bureau during 1932 and 1933 has been recorded in the Annual 
Reports for those years. During 1934 a total of 11 men and 20 
women have been employed in what is commonly referred to as 
white collar’? work in the library, herbarium, business office, 
and various curatorial departments. Some of the details of 
work accomplished are recorded in the appended departmental 
reports. 
CWA (Civil Works Administration).—The most extensive and 
important project at the Garden under this bureau has been the 
completion of the grading, top-soiling, and most of the construc- 
tion work on the North Addition, bringing it to a condition ready 
for planting by our regular gardening force. 
The landscaping plan, by Mr. Harold A. Caparn, has had the 
approval of the Botanic Garden Governing Committee and the 
Art Commission of New York City. 
The beginning of this project is recorded in detail in the Report 
for 1933, and need not be repeated here. The actual work began 
on February 5, 1934, when the soil was frozen to a depth of eight 
or ten inches or more, and snow was on the ground. It was 
difficult to work under such handicaps, with temperatures often 
below zero. However, men were being given work and wages, 
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and the operations progressed more satisfactorily as spring ad- 
vanced. 
