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conference adjourn to visit the grounds of the Garden on 
June 12th. 
The meeting at the grounds on June 12th was duly held, 
and the position of the buildings was discussed. Commis- 
sioner McMillan, of the Park Board, suggested changing 
the location of the first horticultural house, and requested the 
Director-in-Chief to attend a meeting of the Park Board on 
June 14th. 
At the meeting on June 14th the Park Commissioners in- 
formally offered to vote for the approval of the plans as pre- 
sented, if the site of the first horticultural house was changed 
either to the region between the Southern Boulevard and the 
road running southeast from Bedford Park station, or to the 
area between the Southern Boulevard and St. John’s College 
property. 
A meeting of the Committee on Plans was held to consider 
this proposition on June 18th, and the following resolutions 
were adopted : 
feesolved, That the Committee on Plans of the New York 
Botanical Garden consent to the proposition made by indi- 
vidual members of the Park Board to change the site of the 
first horticultural house to a position south of the Southern 
Boulevard. 
Feesolved, That in the opinion of the Committee it is de- 
sirable, in the event of such change, that the Southern Boule- 
vard be moved from its present position to a line along the 
boundary line of St. John’s College property, leaving the 
railroad crossing of the Southern Boulevard where it is now 
placed. 
Immediately upon the adjournment of this meeting the 
Committee on Plans held a conference with the Park Com- 
missioners and submitted a modified plan, showing the first 
horticultural house moved to a position south of the Southern 
Boulevard, and the power house to a position along the New 
York and Harlem railroad, south of the Southern Boulevard. 
On the request of Col. Cruger, of the Park Commissioners, 
it was agreed to withdraw for future consideration the plans 
