Auxiliary I have found them fertile in suggestion and 

 ready to act in whatever ways their aid would be wel- 

 comed in raising the Garden's standard in its relations to 

 the public. They should be given specific tasks to perform 

 and specific responsibilities to assume. For example, if 

 the suggestion to develop the Lorillard Mansion and its 

 contiguous land as a social and esthetic center should be 

 approved, why should not the carrying out of the project 

 be delegated largely to the Auxiliary? Again, since the 

 Garden Club of America is largely an association of 

 women, it would seem appropriate that our Women's 

 Auxiliary be asked to organize a plan of cooperation 

 between the Garden and the Club. The Garden as it is 

 does not invite women's pride and enthusiasm; the 

 Gat den as it might be could be assured of their warm and 

 eager and helpful cooperation. In this connection it has 

 been questioned whether the term "Women's Auxiliary" 

 might not advantageously be replaced by one that is 

 more in accord with the present-day conception of 

 woman's work. 



The Garden, open to the public on all sides and at all 

 hours of the day and night, has never had adequate police 



protection and it frequently suf- 

 Uniformed guards f r , . - , ™ , 



fers from this lack, rires have 

 occurred, flowers are picked, blooming plants and bulbs 

 are dug up, and other depredations on its collections 

 occur, while assaults on human beings and robberies 

 have been committed within its borders. Policemen are 

 seen within it only sporadically. Besides its gardeners, 

 there is maintained by the Garden during the day a 

 special force of five guards, of whom four patrol the four 

 hundred acres and one is on a fixed post, but none of 

 whom have police power. On Sundays and holidays this 

 force is increased to ten. The night force, also maintained 

 by the Garden, consists of six men, of whom five guard 



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