Five years later, the plants that had been housed there were 

 transferred to new structures at Poplar Point. 8 



Amidst the uproar over the relocation of the Garden that 

 preceded the construction of the new Conservatory, 14.75 

 acres of land at Poplar Point in Anacostia, less than two miles 

 from the Conservatory, was acquired in June 1926 as an ad- 

 ditional growing area. Subsequently, eight greenhouses and 

 a boiler room were constructed on this property. The Poplar 

 Point site was enlarged by 9.87 acres in 1935 through the 

 transfer of land originally held by the National Park 

 Service. 9 This land has been used for the propagation and 

 growing of plant material needed in and around the 

 Conservatory as well as in landscaping the Government 

 buildings on Capitol Hill. 



Presently, there are 24 greenhouses at Poplar Point, com- 

 prising a total growing area of more than 50,000 square feet 

 under glass. All of the plants used at the Garden's annual 

 shows, the bedding materials used in the Garden's Park and 

 on the grounds around the Conservatory, and the plant 

 material used for landscaping the buildings on Capitol Hill 

 are raised at the Garden's Anacostia site. The site also 

 includes an outdoor nursery in which woody plants are 

 raised for the grounds around the Capitol, congressional 

 office buildings, Supreme Court, and Library of Congress. 



On July 3, 1984, Congress enacted Public Law 98-340, 

 89 Stat. 308 ("Act") to facilitate the extension of the Washing- 

 ton Metropolitan Area Transit Authority "Green Line" 

 through Anacostia. The extension project will entail the con- 

 struction of a station, parking garage, surface parking areas, 

 access roads, and related Metro facilities on land currently 

 occupied by the United States Botanic Garden Nursery at 

 Poplar Point. The Act transferred jurisdiction over the Poplar 



8 Karen Duffy, Removal and Relocation of Botanic Garden Greenhouses, 

 February 11, 1971, Greenhouse File, Architect's Manuscript Files. See also 

 Congress too Busy to Save Old House, Washington Evening Star, 

 October 16, 1962, p. A6; and Mid-19th Century House With Mansard Roof 

 in Sq. 576 West Removed, August 16, 1962, Mansard Roof House File, 

 Architect's Manuscript Files. 



9 44 Stat. 774; 47 Stat. 161; and Annual Report of the Architect of the 

 Capitol, 1937, p. 48. See also PPN [Poplar Point Nursery] File, Architect's 

 Manuscript Files. 



