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CONTENTS 



Hearing before the Committee on the Library 5 



Committee members present. 

 Bill introduced by Senator Moses, May 20, 1919 5 



East and West Seaton Park to be added to present Botanic Garden. 

 Resolution introduced by Senator Phelan, August 20, 1919 5 



Directing Committee on District of Columbia to report on Botanic Garden 

 situation. 

 Introductory statement of the chairman, Senator Brandegee 5 



Senator Gallinger's bill. 



Object of the hearing. 



The Grant Memorial. 

 Statement of Mr. Moore, chairman of the Commission of Fine Arts 6 



Report of the Fine Arts Commission. 



Grant Statue. 



The Mead Memorial. 



Intentions of Senator Williams and Senator Gallinger in Botanic Garden 

 matters. 



The origin of the Mall plan. 

 Statement of Dr. N. L. Britton. director in chief, New York Botanical Garden. . 10 



General statement as to composition and uses of botanic gardens, with 

 reference to gardens in other places. 

 Statement of Mr. David Fairchild, United States Department of Agriculture. . 15 



Beneficial results from the work of gardens of the world, notably as to intro- 

 duction of rubber and quinine into other countries. 



Blight immune pears from China. 



Introduction of cotton to take the place of the rapidly disappearing species. 

 Statement of Mr. Frederick Law Olmsted, of Brookline, Mass 18 



Remarks on the making of the 1901 plan. 



The commercial nomenclature of plants. 



Desirability of a botanic garden. 



Telegram from Harlan P. Kelsey. 

 Statement of Gen. W. W. Harts, Corps of Engineers, United States Army, 



former secretary and executive officer to the Commission of Fine Arts 23 



Feature of the first report on the Botanic Garden situation. 



The problem confronting the investigations of the project. 



Approaches to the city. 

 Statement of Mr. Coville, botanist, Department of Agriculture 27 



Advantage of a garden. 



Cultivation of the blueberry. 



Description of Mount Hamilton and Hickey Hill. 



The Anacostia Flats. 



Requirements of a botanic garden site in Washington. 

 Statement of Mr. Walter T. Swingle, in charge of the crop physiology and 



breeding, Bureau of Plant Industry, Department of Agriculture 31 



American and Spanish crop methods. 



Cotton culture. 



Orange culture. 



Pear culture. 



Date culture. 

 Statement of Dr. C. Stuart Gager, director Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn, 



NY 35 



Features of a botanic garden. 



So-called Botanic Garden in Washington. 



