Establishment of a National Botanic Garden 



HEARING 



BEFORE A 



JOINT COMMITTEE ON THE LIBRARY 

 I CONGBESS OF THE UNITED STATES 



SIXTY-SIXTH CONGKESS, 



SECOND SESSION 

 ON 



S. 497 



A BILL TO INCREASE THE AREA OF THE UNITED STATES 



BOTANIC GARDEN IN THE CITY OF WASHINGTON, 



DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 



AND 



S. RES. 165 



DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON THE DISTRICT OF COLUM- 

 BIA TO REPORT PLANS FOR THE CREATION IN OR NEAR 

 THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA OF A BOTANIC GARDEN 

 COMPARABLE WITH THE BEST-EXISTING GARDENS 



PART 1 



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