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landscape architects by the few with whom he 

 had come in contact and who were apparently 

 not well informed on plants. It was also em- 

 phasized in the discussion that the field of 

 landscape architecture covered more than 

 garden design. 



On motion of Professor Pray, it was 

 Voted: That it is the sense of the meeting 

 that the Board of Trustees should refer to the 

 Standing Committee on Relations with Trades 

 the subject of Plant Quarantine No. 37 and all 

 other quarantines with the request that the 

 committee report a definite plan bj' which the 

 weight of this society's influence can most 

 effectively be brought to bear toward the re- 

 peal of unreasonably restrictive regulations. 



Januciry 17-18, 1921. Twenty-second annual 

 dinner and meeting, .'\rchitectural League, 

 New York City. 



Dinner Session. Present: Miss Coffin, Mrs. 

 Farrand, Mrs. Hutcheson, Messrs. Brincker- 

 hoff, Caparn, Chamberlain, Child, Clarke, Cox, 

 Davis, Desmond, Fleming, Fowler, Greenleaf, 

 Geiffert, Johnston, Lay, Lowrie, Monroe, F. 

 L. Olmsted, Parker, Parsons, Pilat, Pitkin, 

 Taylor, Tealdi, Vitale, Weinrichter and Wisel- 

 tier. Guests: Mr. Stephen Mather, Mr. William 

 C. Gregg, Messrs. F. F. Betts, R. L. Fowler. 

 Jr., H. Sadler. 



Mr. Stephen Mather, Director of National 

 Parks Service, Department of the Interior, 

 was introduced by President Olmsted im- 

 mediately after the dinner. He spoke of the 

 activities of the National Park Service and the 

 difficulties under which the Service was at 

 present working, particularly with regard to 

 the meagre appropriation available for the 

 work. A great deal has been accomplished, 

 however, and Mr. Mather spoke in very lauda- 

 tory terms of the part in bringing about this 

 accomplishment by the late Charles P. Punch- 

 ard Jr., who was the official landscape archi- 

 tect in the Service. Mr. Mather reviewed in 

 some detail the dangers now threatening the 

 parks, especially Yellowstone Park, from the 

 irrigation and power interests. He urged the 

 desirability of more people visiting and be- 

 coming familiar with Yellowstone Park, where 

 the scenery is superb and the wild game of 

 many sorts is abundant. The problem of pre- 

 serving the wild game is one reason why 

 Yellowstone Lake should not be interfered 

 with. Much damage and destruction to the 

 natural growth of the surrounding territory 

 would result by flooding the shores adjacent 



to the present lake as would be done under 

 the Walsh bill. 



Mr. Mather was followed by William C. 

 Gregg, a manufacturer of Hackensack, N. J., 

 who, in an unofficial capacity, made a trip 

 through Yellowstone Park last summer and 

 studied carefully the probable effect on the 

 park which might result from the Idaho plan 

 for water storage in the Falls River and Belch- 

 ler River basins in the southwest part of the 

 park. Mr. Gregg had a very interesting set 

 of slides with which he described his trip and 

 explained that since the war there was an in- 

 crease in the market for land in the areas 

 bordering upon the Yellowstone Park, which 

 resulted in greater activity in forwarding irri- 

 gation schemes. He said the proposed rights 

 to construct reservoirs in the southwest part 

 of the park would easily increase the specula- 

 tive value of private land. The southwestern 

 corner of the park, through which he traveled, 

 is little known to the public, as it is off the 

 tourist's route. A large portion of this is shown 

 incorrectly on governmeiM maps, as swamp 

 land. He explained that on the contrary dur- 

 ing the tourist season it is beautiful meadow 

 land, surrounded by fine scenery and contain- 

 ing much game. Mr. Gregg pointed out that 

 the urge toward encroachment appears to be 

 largely due not only to land speculators (who 

 are also in part farmers) but also to water- 

 power interests utilizing the water of the 

 Snake River, 



Mr. Olmsted, on behalf of the members 

 present, expressed appreciation and thanks to 

 the speakers. He then called on Mr. Vitale, 

 who explained the recent organization in New 

 York of an .Atelier in Landscape .Architecture 

 under the auspices of the American Academy 

 in Rome. Mr. Vitale explained that it was the 

 purpose, at the outset, to organize a group of 

 about ten men, preferably graduates of pro- 

 fessional schools and with some experience. 

 Practical problems within reach from New 

 York City, would be submitted to the students 

 for study; and the method in solving these 

 problems would be for them first, to prepare a 

 preliminary study with written reports; second, 

 to prepare sketches in perspective, showing 

 proposed solutions of the more important and 

 difficult portions of the problem; and third, to 

 work out constructive details. 



Business Session. Twenty-second- annual 

 meeting, .Architectural League, New York 

 City. Present: Miss Coffin, Messrs. Brincker- 

 hoff, Brinley, Caparn, Child, Clarke, Davis, 

 Desmond, Fleming, Fowler. Geiffert, Green- 



