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These features, of Tncliana limestone (from Bedford, Indiana), 

 ^\•ere desij^ned liy our eonsulting- landscape architect, Mr. Harold 

 A. Ca])arn, Axhose persjiectives in color were prepared some time 

 ago as major features of the plan for the treatment of this area. 

 P^or the north terminal ATr. Caparn associated with himself Mr. 

 John Theodore Haneman. architect. 



The Long Green, ahout 60 feet wide and more than 500 feet 

 long, extends through the center of the Horticultural Section. It 

 is approached from the south hy a flight of 23 granite steps, and 

 will he ap])roached from the north through the gate or portal 

 which has heen designed for the Eastern Parkway entrance. 



The features at the south end com[)rise a semicircular plaza 

 paved with hluestone. At the south ])eri]ihery of this ])laza are 

 two curved seats, with " cou])led " columns at tlieir inner or ad- 

 jacent ends. These columns, 14 feet high, are similar to those in 

 the Boholi Gardens, Florence. Near the north (^ch^c of the plaza 

 is a water hasin 17.5 feet in diameter, containing a fountain with 

 pedestal and howl. The contractor is authority for the statement 

 that the stone (measuring 11 feet 3 inches l)y 5 feet 10 inches) 

 from which the fountain howl was carved was the widest piece of 

 Indiana limestone ever hrought to Xew York City. 



The features at the north end also comprise a plaza, similar to 

 that at the south end, with curved seats at the north edge. The 

 monolithic dies at the inner ends of the seats carry heautifuUy 

 carved urns. At the outer end of each seat is a fluted column 35 

 feet high. At the hase of the fluted shafts are panels with carved 

 leaves of the Ginkgo or " Maidenhair " tree, designed hy Mr. 

 Caparn. So far as we can ascertain, this is the lirst time the 

 Ginkgo has heen employed as a motif in this position, so com- 

 monly occujiied in Roman architecture hy the fasces or hundle of 

 rods enclosing an axe — symhols of imperial authority. It was 

 thought that fen- a hotanic garden a design more symbolic of peace 

 and the beauty of the plant w^orld would be more suitable. Near 



excavated material being deposited in Prospect Park along Flatlnish Avenue. 

 The history of the steps leading to the landscaping of this area, prior to 

 Mrs. Osborne's gift, may be found in Brooklyn Botanic Garden Record for 

 March, 1932, p. 28; April, 1933, p. 27; April, 1934, p. 20; April, 1935, p. 12; 

 and April, 1936, p. 22. 



