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1913 I conceived the idea of making such a garden at one or both 

 of the great expositions to be held in 1915 at San Francisco and San 

 Diego. I soon abandoned the idea of San Francisco, it being too 

 far away. Then after some negotiations with the authorities in 

 charge of the Panama-California Exposition at San Diego, I gave 

 this up also, not being able to make such arrangements as would 

 warrant the undertaking. 



In a letter of Feb. 9, 1914, from Mr. Frank B. Davison of the 

 State building in Exposition Park, the suggestion was made that I 

 should obtain a permit from the Park Board to make and maintain 

 at my own expense a small growing exhibit of California native plants 

 in the park, somewhere near the Exposition building. A few weeks 

 later I appeared before the Board of Park Commissionesr and asked 



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