THE BROOKLYN INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 
BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN 
RECORD 


Brooklyn, N. Y., January, IQI3 No. 1 

TREE PLANTING BY PROFESSOR DE VRIES 
As recorded in the preceding issue of the Recorp, the Gar- 
den was honored on the afternoon of September 12, by having a 
tree planted by Prof. Hugo de Vries, Professor of Botany in the 
University and Director of the Hortus Botanicus of Amsterdam. 
Preceding the lecture Professor de Vries made a tour of inspec- 
tion of the Garden and was specially interested in the progress of 
our buildings, as a new laboratory and greenhouses are being 
constructed in his own garden at Amsterdam. 
The weather was ideal, pleasantly warm, with no clouds and 
little wind. The invited guests, numbering about 100, assembled 
at the flag-staff at the northern border of the Garden, and pro- 
ceeded thence to the grass path that winds through the shrub- 
bery on the northeast slope of the local flora valley. ‘The tree 
was in readiness, at the edge of the hole dug to receive it, and 
on each side of the path was a silk flag, one of Holland, the other 
of the United States. The silver trowel used was made 
especially for the Garden, and is intended for use on subsequent 
similar occasions. ‘lhe exercises were as follows: 
Presentation of the Tree by the Curator of Plants 
Mr. Director: As Curator of Plants, I have the: honor to 
announce that the tree chosen to be planted on this occasion is a 
specimen of the sweet-gum, known botanically as Liquidambar 
Styraciflua. 
