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the soutli edge of the ])laza is a water l)asin 16 feet in diameter, but 

 containing no fountain. 



The designs, after acceptance li}' the donor and !)}■ our Govern- 

 ing Coniniitlee. were aj-jprox-ed ])y The Art Commission of the 

 Cilv. 



The gift, a memorial to the late Mr. Dean Clay Osborne, of 

 Brookl)-n, deceased January 23, 1937, was re])orted to the Board 

 of Trustees at its meeting on October 13, when a resolution of 

 thanks to the donor was ado])ted with exjM'ession of the very great 

 appreciation of the memjjers of the Board. 



Coiisfni(ilo)i of iJic Mciuor'nd 



The ])laster models were done l)y Air. John Donnelly, Jr., of 

 the Donnelly Studios (John Donnelly, Inc.), Manhattan. The 

 stone cutting was done in the \-ar(l of the contractor for the stone 

 work. Nelson Brothers Com])any, of Long Island City. The 

 carving began on August 5th, and the Ginkgo ]ianels were carved 

 b\- Mr. Ivudolph Vogt. The contract \or the foundations was 

 executed by John Thatcher and Son. of Brooklyn, beginning 

 September 8 and com])leted Xovember 23. 



The setting of the stone began October 18, and was sus]K'nded 

 on December 15 on account of winter weather, after the setting 

 at the south end had 1)een completed, and the wcjrk at the north 

 end ccjmpleted all but the ])lacing of the urns and the fluted 

 columns. Other work remaining to be done includes the paving 

 of the ])lazas at each end and the ])lanting of the shrubbery which 

 is, of course, an integral i)art of the design. The total cost of 

 the work, when com])leted, will be in excess of $30,000. 



Since the gift of the Rose Garden, 1)y Mr. and M"rs. Walter V. 

 Cranford, in 1927, and of the Rose Arc b}' Airs. Cranford in 

 1936, no leature has been acquired which will add so much to 

 the beaut)- (jf the grounds as this gift of Airs. Osborne. 



The entire de\-elo])ment (jf the three acres of the Horticultural 

 Section, sul)se([uent tcj the initial lowering of the grade, has now 

 been done without ex])ense to the City, for the iinal grading and 

 toi)soiling, construction of wall garden and ten ])ergolas, and foun- 

 dation ])lanting were done as a [jroject of the Federal Works 

 Progress iVdministration (WT'A) and its predecessor, the Civil 

 Works Administration (CWA). 



