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iliary. The members of this organization have also acted as hos- 
tesses on Flower Days, such as Rose Garden Day and Chrysan- 
themum Day. 
In his address given at Swarthmore College on May 23, 1942, 
on the presentation of the 1941 Arthur Hoyt Scott Garden and 
Horticultural Award of a Gold Medal, Dr. Gager stated: “If any- 
thing has been accomplished at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden dur- 
ing the past thirty-two years worthy of such recognition as this, it 
is due to the support and encouragement of generous and philan- 
thropic trustees and other citizens and to the loyal cooperation of 
an able staff, which has made possible the development of an in- 
stitution after a pattern which, in its entirety, is essentially new for 
a botanic garden.” 
