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ture, Bureau of Plant Quarantine, who had come to the Garden 
to imspect the other elms and the adjacent Zelkovas—another 
genus of the Elm Family. 
The cost of plant diseases is enormous. Up to the end of 1935, 
more than $500,000 has been expended by the Federal, State, and 
Municipal governments for the work of eradication of the Dutch 
lm Disease. In addition to this outlay of cash about 400,000 
diseased elms in the quarantined area of New York, New Jersey, 
and Connecticut have been tagged for destruction. The situation 
serves to emphasize the importance of generous continuing-pro- 
vision for the study of the nature and control of plant diseases 
and of disease resistance in plants. 
Horticultural Section —This Section of about three acres is 
the land between the Brooklyn Museum site, on the east, and Mt. 
Prospect Reservoir, on the west. Ever since it was acquired for 
the Garden, in 1912, we have referred to it as the “ North Addi- 
tion.” Because its treatment will be primarily from the horti- 
cultural and landscape point of view, it has been, somewhat 
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arbitrarily, christened the “ Horticultural Section.” 
As noted in previous reports, the final work of grading and 
topsoiling, the construction of the ten pergolas, “crazy” paving, 
reconstruction of the marginal walks, and other work was begun 
in January, 1934, and completed during 1935. 
The granite for the flight of 23 stone steps leading up from 
The Lilac Triangle at the South [end was obtained from the 
3rooklyn Museum steps which were removed when the new design 
for the north facade to the Museum building was carried out. 
From the same source was obtained the granite blocks for the 
flight of 30 stone steps leading up from the Rose Garden to the 
Overlook on the Museum Bank. This flight of steps 1s a great 
convenience for the public. 
The foundational planting of this Section was done during the 
spring of 1935 under the personal supervision of our landscape 
architect, Mr. Caparn. For much of this planting material (smal 
trees and shrubs) we are indebted to the Department of Parks. 
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The planting was done by our own gardeners, but the rest of the 
labor on this Section was done by men assigned by CWA (Civil 
Works Administration )—succeeded by WPA) (Works Progress 
Administration )—under Mr. Caparn’s supervision. 
