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stood on the hill beyond.t Inari, the cult of the fox, is a very 
primitive Shinto sect. The shrine was of coast redwood (Sequoia 
sempervirens). Across the lake is a Tea House, and the structure 
facing the island is the Waiting Pavilion. About the only flowers 
allowable in a Japanese landscape garden are the Azalea, Flower- 
ing Cherry (or other flowering tree), Iris, Wisteria, and Lotus. 
The best view of the Japanese Garden is obtained from the 
Tea House, nearly opposite which is Ewit No. 2 (Washington 
Ave eNOntoe Gate): 
Or the east side of the Botanic Garden, north of the Labora- 
tory Building, is the Nursery, surrounded by a mixed hedge. In 
the protection of the Nursery several plants, doubtfully hardy im 
this climate, have remained alive for several years. 
From the Tea House, turning right (south), and taking the 
next right turn at the Austrian Pines, one finds himself on the 
flagstone path leading over Boulder Hill and past the 
rf; 
ALFRED WHITE MEMORIAL 
The bronze tablet was designed by Daniel Chester French, 
among whose numerous works is the statue in the Lincoln Me- 
morial, at Washington, D.C. The mounting of the tablet and the 
seat were designed by Henry Bacon, who was the architect of the 
Lincoln Memorial. 
The tablet was presented in 1923 by a committee of citizens, 
with Mr. Frederick B. Pratt, as Chairman, in recognition of Mr. 
White’s outstanding public services and benefactions in Brooklyn, 
of which his initiation of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, and his 
generous gifts thereto were by no means least. 
Boulder Hill is so named from the large glacial boulder on its 
summit. (See Brooklyn Botanic Garden Guide No. 7, The Story 
of Our Boulders.) 
1 This shine was burned to the ground on January 25, 1938, by vandals, 
probably as an anti-Japanese demonstration in connection with the Japanese 
war on China. It will not be rebuilt for as present 
2 illustrated guide book (Guide No. , The ore Garden of the 
Brooklyn Botanic Garden, by Bunkio Verena is now out of print. Guide 
No. 6, Japanese Potted Trees (Hachinoki), also by Bunkio Matsuki, 11 pages, 
11 illustrations, is on sale at the Laboratory Building. Price 40 cents. 
