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TWKNTY-SIXTTl ANNUAL SPRING INSPECTION 



The Twenty-sixth Annual Spring [nspec ion of the Garden was 

 held, as usual, on the second Tuesday of Maw which fell on the 

 fourteenth. The weather was warm and cloudy hut, although 

 showers had been forecast, there was no rain. The Flowering 

 Cherries and the Flowering Crabs were at their best, and the 

 Lilacs were just coming into flower. After the customary tour 

 ot the grounds, which began at 2:30 p.m., tea was served in the 

 main floor rotunda of the Laboratory Building to about 600 guests. 

 The following exhibits were on view: 



1. Six lead wall fountains, designed by Nathaniel Choate, of 

 Phoenixville, La., especially installed to show their adaptability 

 to plant arrangements in the home or garden. In the main floor 

 Rotunda. 



2. Fourteen water colors of flowers, by Mr. Winthrop Turney, 

 of Brooklyn. Loom 330. 



3. Thirteen flower arrangements by Lev del Valle, painted by 

 Ruth T. Brinley, both of New York City. Loom 306. 



4. Seventy-five enlarged photographs of trees, buds, fungi, wild 

 flowers, and other plant material, by Mi". Rutherford I Matt, of 

 New York City. North Corridor. 



5. Four paintings of enlarged details ol structure ol insectivorous 

 plants, by Maud II. Purdy, Stall' Artist, Brooklyn Botanic Garden. 

 Loom 306. 



6. Twenty-nine books of the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nine- 

 teenth centuries, by fifteen authors, presented in 1939 by Mrs. 

 Field's Literary Club, of Brooklyn, in memory ot the Club's 

 founder, Mrs. George White Field. In the Library. 



It may not he amiss at this time (the thirtieth anniversary of 

 the Garden) to explain how this annual garden party, which has 

 come to be one ol the outstanding social events ot Brooklyn, came 

 to be called a "Spring Inspection." In the early years ot the 

 Garden it was customary for the Governing Committee to make 

 two official inspections a vear one in the spring and one in the 

 fall. Mr. Alfred T. White, chairman of the Committee, suggested 

 that, since some of the members were accustomed to have afternoon 

 tea at home, it might he a good plan to have tea served at the 

 Garden. The tea was in charge of Mrs. Alfred T. White, assisted 



