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for. On November 9g, 1903, the Jury examined this model and 
made the following report : 
125 West ELeventH STREET, New Yorxk City, 
November 9, 1903. 
Dr. N. L. Brirron, 
Director-in- Chief, 
New York Botanical Garden. 
Dear Sir: The Committee eas by the National Sculp- 
ture Society to advise with your Board concerning the models 
offered in competition for the Betasical Garden Fountain, has, in 
obedience to the instructions contained in your letter of October 
r. Ward, visited . Tefft’s studio and examined the 
three-inch scale model. It gives the Committee pleasure to report 
that the model is an admirable piece of work, giving abundant 
proof of the sculptor’s ability to carry out intelligently and artis- 
tically the design recommended to the Board by the Committee 
in the competition. 
The Committee now recommends that the contract for the 
fountain be given to Mr. Tefft. 
Very respectfully, 
(Signed) J. QO. A. Warp, 
HERBERT ADams, 
CHARLES GRAFLY, 
Danie. C. FRENCH, 
Geo. B. Posr. 
This report being accepted ae the committee, and an appro- 
priation by the city for improving the grounds being available 
for construction of the fountain, ak following letter was addressed 
to the Commissioner of Parks for the Borough of the Bron 
November 18, 1903. 
Hon. Joun E. Eustis, Commisstoner of Parks, 
Zbrowski Mansi 
Claremont Park, N. Y. City. 
Dear Sir: Referring to the designs for the fountain planned 
for completion in front of the Museum Building, which have been 
