Senator Simeon D. Fess laying the cornerstone of the present 

 Botanic Garden Conservatory on November 12, 1931. The four 

 gentlemen accompanying him are, from left to right, Horace D. 

 Rouzer, Assistant Architect of the Capitol; George W. Hess, Direc- 

 tor of the Botanic Garden; Eugene Pugh of the George A. Fuller 

 Co.; and David Lynn, Architect of the Capitol. 



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