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of Harrisburg, Pa., and an illustrated talk on “ Making the Brook- 
lyn Botanic Garden Rose Garden,” by Montague Free. Mr. T. 
Allen Kirk, M.D., of Roanoke, Va., President of the Society, 
presided. Tea was served in the main floor rotunda of the Lab- 
oratory Building at 4:00 o’clock by the Woman’s Auxiliary, Mrs. 
Edwin H. Thatcher being chairman of the committee on arrange- 
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ments. There was an exhibit of cut roses by members of the 
Society. 
The sessions of the Society on Wednesday morning, October 
5, were held in the Garden auditorium, and were followed by a 
buffet luncheon in the rotunda, with exhibit of cut roses and rare 
books on roses, and a series of illustrations in color of patented 
roses, including the first plant ever patented, which was a rose. 
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This exhibit was installed in the hbrary by the library staff. On 
Wednesday afternoon the members of the Society visited rose 
gardens in private estates on Long Island. 
CONFERENCE ON MeEpDICINAL HERBS 
A conference on medicinal herbs was held in the Laboratory 
Building on Thursday evening, October 18, based on the recent 
evelopment of a Medicinal Plant Garden at the Brooklyn Botanic 
Garden, which appears to be the first garden of medicinal plants 
in New York City since the Elgin Botanic Garden, which was 
established by Dr. David Hosack in 1801, on land now occupied 
by Rockefeller Center, and discontinued about 1815. That garden 
gave special attention to plants that “ possess medicinal properties.” 
The program was as follows: 
1. History of the use of plants in medicine. Dr. Howard W. 
Haggard, Director, Laboratory of Applhe« J 
versity. 
2. Modern use of plants in medicine. Dr. Ernest Fullerton 
Cook, Professor of Operative Pharmacy, Philadelphia College of 
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The auditorium meeting was followed by a reception and an 
exhibit of Rare Old Herbals in the Botanic Garden library. 
The program was arranged by a Committee on Arrangements 
representing the cooperation of other institutions as follows: 
