Point Nursery to the Secretary of Interior and required the 

 District of Columbia Government to take necessary action 

 to convey to the Architect of the Capitol (without payment 

 or consideration) certain real property located at "D. C. 

 Village'' to be used for the relocation of the Poplar Point 

 Nursery. The District of Columbia is also required to effect 

 the relocation of the Poplar Point Nursery and all of its 

 facilities to the D. C. Village site under the provisions of the 

 Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisi- 

 tion Policies Act of 1970, PL. 91-646, 84 Stat. 1894, 42 U.S.C. 

 4601 (1976). Pending relocation, the Architect retains the right 

 to continue the current use of the Poplar Point Nursery until 

 he has approved, accepted, and occupied the relocated 

 facility at D. C. Village. The new D. C. Village Facility will have 

 89,000 square feet of glasshouses, 30,000 square feet of sup- 

 port buildings, 15,000 square feet of cold frames, 4,900 square 

 feet of lath houses, and 3 acres of irrigated growing fields. 



ADMINISTRATION OF THE GARDEN 



Closely coinciding with the completion of the new Conserv- 

 atory and the initial development of the Poplar Point facili- 

 ty was a significant change in the actual administration of 

 the Garden. Three days after George W. Hess' retirement 

 on June 30, 1934, 10 Architect of the Capitol David Lynn was 

 appointed Acting Director by Senator Alben W. Barkley, 

 chairman of the Joint Committee on the Library, subject to 

 the control, direction, and supervision of the Committee. 11 



10 A Brief History of the United States Botanic Garden, July 20, 1934, 

 p. 4, Historical File, Botanic Garden Files, AOC. Proposed legislation to 

 make George W. Hess Director Emeritus at a salary of "$3,000 per an- 

 num, payable monthly out of the funds appropriated for expenses of the 

 Botanic Garden" was passed by the Senate in March 1934. George W. 

 Hess, Remarks in the Senate, Congressional Record, v. 78, March 29, 1934, 

 p. 5740. The House, however, after a somewhat heated debate, chose not 

 to approve S. 1839. George W. Hess, Remarks in the House, Congres- 

 sional Record, v. 78, May 21, 1934, pp. 9199-9203. See also U.S. Congress, 

 House, Committee on the Library, To Retire George W. Hess, House 

 Report No. 1286, 73d Cong., 2d Sess., Washington: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 

 1934, 2 pp. (Serial No. 9781); and US. Congress, House, Committee on 

 the Library, George W. Hess, House Report No. 1325, Washington: U.S. 

 Govt. Print. Off., 1934, 1 p. (Serial No. 9781). 



11 Alben W. Barkley, chairman of the Joint Committee on the Library, 

 to David Lynn, Architect of the Capitol, July 3, 1934. AOC, Manuscript 

 Files. For background on Lynn's appointment see John G. Bradley to 

 Frederick A. Delano, July 3, 1934. Botanic Garden, F.A. Delano File, 

 Manuscript Files. See also Legislative Appropriations, Remarks in the 

 Senate, Congressional Record, v. 81, August 15, 1937, pp. 3509-3510 for 

 a discussion on how the decision to make the Architect of the Capitol 

 the Director of the Garden was viewed as a money-saving measure. 



55 



