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the Forest Service is such that they will not 

 get together on any large construction work. 

 Mr. Olmsted pointed out that much will de- 

 pend upon the attitude of the new administra- 

 tion as to what steps it would be advisable to 

 take and suggested postponing any definite ac- 

 tion until this becomes known. 



Reference was made by the president to the 

 report of the Committee on a Regional Plan 

 for Certain Areas Related to the District of 

 Columbia and to Baltimore, Stephen Child, 

 chairman. The project has been carefully 

 studied and has extensive approval, but has 

 not as yet been formally presented to Con- 

 gress. The trustees have approved the follow- 

 ing resolution which will be submitted to the 

 members for vote of approval. (See page 67.) 



Dinner Session. St. Botolph Club, Boston. 

 Present: Miss Kimball, Messrs. Aldrich, Beal, 

 Blossom, Brinckerhofif, Caldwell, Child, Comey, 

 Dawson, DeForest, Gallagher, Hubbard, Kella- 

 way, Marquis, Nolen, Olmsted, Parker, Pond, 



Pray, Reynolds, Smith, Steele, Shurtleflf, 

 Whiting. 



A very interesting series of illustrated talks 

 was given by the following members showing 

 the solution of unusual landscape problems for 

 which they had been responsible: 



Mr. Fletcher Steele, on the Ethan Allen 

 Place at North Andover, Massachusetts. 



Mr. Whiting, on the William A. Rogers 

 Place at Kennebunkport, Maine. 



Mr. Shurtleff, on City Planning problems 

 including: A Playground on Morton Street, 

 Boston; Redesign of the Greeting in Franklin 

 Park, Boston; The Development of Common- 

 wealth Avenue, Boston. 



Mr. DeForest, on the Olmsted Place at Lud- 

 low, Pennsylvania, and on Color in Gardens, 

 shown by lumiere lantern slides. 



Mr. Percival Gallagher, on the George F. 

 Baker Place, Locust Valley, Long Island. 



Mr. Hubbard, on the Emery Place at New- 

 port, Rhode Island, illustrating a rock and 

 water garden. 



