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SPRING INSPECTION OF GROUNDS, BUILDINGS, ANT 
COLLECTIONS 
The Spring Inspection of the grounds, buildings, and collec. 
tions took place on the afternoon of May 6, under ideal weather 
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their friends assembled at the Botanical Garden Station Plaza 
in response to an invitation from the Women’s Auxiliary and a 
Committee of the Board of Manager. 
Dr. Gilman Thompson, Presiden of the Board of Man- 
Conservatory nge, aft hich Dr. N. L. Britton, 
Director-in-Chief, called attention to the new Sas of 
rhododendrons purchased with the income of the John Innes 
Kane Fund and then led the procession through i surrounding 
gardens and afterwards to the Herbaceous Garden Valley, the 
Hemlock Forest, the Water Gardens and Lakes, the Fruticetum 
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for a scheduled motor-car trip through the Arboretum and the 
Tea was served in the Museum aaeiiidg at five o’clock, and 
plants of tea, nen chocolate, and sugar cane were exhibited. 
The tea table was attractively decorated under the direction of 
Mrs. George W. Perkins. 
The guests were afterwards guided through the museums, 
library, herbarium, and laboratories by members of the Garden 
staff. 
SUMMER LECTURES, 1915 
Lectures will be delivered in the Lecture Hall of the Museum 
Building of the Garden, Bronx Park, on Saturday afternoons, at 
four o’clock, as follows: 
June 5. “A Rose Garden for Every Home,” by Mr. Robert 
Pyle. 
