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plants, whether trees, shrubs, or herbs, that are of value in decora- 
tive planting. 
This Section occupies what was, at first, known to the Garden 
authorities as the ‘* North Addition,’ since it was not in the 
original tract assigned by the City for botanic garden purposes. 
The original surface, from the street line to the south border of 
Mic. 5. Giant Waterlily, Victoria cruziana. Conservatory Pool. 
October 30. (3769) 
Mt. Prospect Park, and from the Park east to the Museum prop- 
erty, was 23 feet above the sidewalk. During 1914 the grade 
was brought down to the level of the sidewall, the excavated ma- 
terial being deposited in Prospeet Park along Flatbush Avenue. 
The present plan of the Section was designed by Mr. Harold A. 
Caparn, consulting landscape architect of the Botanic Garden. 
The final grading, topsoiling, and construction work was begun 
1e office of the Borough 
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on February 5, 1934, under supervision of t 
