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turbing to the fine morale of our regular personnel.” The quo- 
tation is from the report of the Director of the Garden to the 
Works Division for the period February 16 to July 31, 1935. 
The amount assigned for personnel for the above project for 
February 16—July 31, 1935 was $19,656.00. 
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United States lV orks Progress Administration 
for the City of New York 
On August 1, 1935 the Works Division Service Department 
project began operating under the WPA, as Project No. 65—-97- 
S11, Service Job 1374. The project began in February, 1934, 
under Civil Works Administration (CWA) of Emergency Relief 
Administration (ERA). As of December 31, 1935, there were 
30 persons assigned to the project. On the basis of estimated per- 
sonnel service of 58 (696 man-months), the WPA approved a 
total of $55,332, but, of course, this was not all required by the 
reduced personnel. 
Street and Play Centers—On June 21 we received a letter from 
Project Supervisor John J. Keefe, of the Lower West Side Unit, 
street and play centers, of the Works Division of the Emergency 
Rehef Bureau. One of the aims of this agency is to provide 
recreation for the children of New York on play streets in locali- 
ties where recreational and park facilities are few. The letter 
said: “ \We have secured a plot of ground belonging to a church 
and have obtained permission to landscape this lot, and have 
formed a garden club composed of boys and girls up to the age of 
sixteen who will carry on this work.” 
Having no funds allotted for plants, seeds, bulbs, or fertilizer, 
the Supervisor inquired whether the Brooklyn Botanic Garden had 
surplus of any of these materials which it could supply. 
This activity is, of course, directly in line with our educational 
work with boys and girls, and we were very glad to supply the fol- 
lowing material which was called for on June 27: 25 barberry, 300 
english Ivy, 500 gladiolus, 100 zinnia, 100 dwart marigold, 25 
Impatiens Holstii, 50 Verbena venosa, 50 petunia, 10 salvia, and 
10 chrysanthemums. 
