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THE Wortp’s Farr, 1939 
Our two preceding reports contain summaries of the steps, in- 
itiated by the Brooklyn Botanic Garden in 1937, leading to the 
organization of “ Hortus, Incorporated,” fate the installation under 
its supervision of “Gardens on Parade,” the horticultural exhibit 
at the New York World’s Fair, 1939. As previously reported, 
friends of the Brooklyn Garden underwrote $10,000 of the total 
of $235,000 for financing this project. The Fair authorities as- 
signed to Hortus, Incorporated, a tract of a little more than five 
acres for the exhibit, and the “cornerstone” of the pavilion on 
this site was laid on Friday afternoon, October 21, representatives 
of the Botanic Garden being present, as noted in our preceding 
annual report. 
The “ Sponsoring Societies”? of Hortus, Incorporated, in addi- 
tion to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, are: The Horticultural So- 
ciety of New York, New York Florists Club, Society of American 
Florists and Ornamental Horticulturists, and the New York 
Botanical Garden. 
Early in May invitations were issued by “ The President and 
Officers of Hortus, Incorporated ” to the formal opening of “ Gar- 
dens on Parade,” on Thursday morning, May 18, at eleven-thirty. 
Mrs. Harold Irving Pratt, president, presided, and brief remarks 
were made by Hon. Grover A. Whalen, president of the Fair; 
Mr. Stephen F. Voorhees, chief designer; Mr. William Adams 
Delano, architect (whose firm designed the pavilion) ; Major Gil- 
more D,. Clarke, consulting landscape architect of the Department 
of Parks of New York City; and Col. John P. Hogan, vice- 
president and chief engineer of the New York World’s Fair. 
The admission price to “ Gardens on Parade” was at first 40 
cents (in addition to the general admission to the Fair of 75 
cents) ; later it was reduced to 25 cents. 
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Exhibits at the Fair 
Knot Gardens and Herb Garden.—Two Elizabethan Knot Gar- 
dens and a Culinary Herb Garden, designed and laid out by our 
horticulturist, Mr. Free, were maintained as permanent exhibits 
throughout the period of the Fair, which closed on Tuesday, 
