A New Plan for the Capital City and Its Botanic 



Garden 39 

 End of an Era 42 



The George Wesley Hess Years (1913-1934) 42 

 Debate Over Relocation 46 



IV. THE PRESENT UNITED STATES BOTANIC 

 GARDEN 49 

 A New Location and a New Conservatory 49 

 Development of the Botanic Garden Park 53 

 New Growing Areas 53 

 Administration of the Garden 55 

 Current Functions of the Garden 58 

 Future Directions of the Garden 62 

 Conclusion 63 



V. A SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 65 



VI. APPENDIXES 



Appendix 1 Circular Letter and Report of 1827 71 



Appendix 2 Alphabetized Version of William Elliot's List of 

 Plants in the Botanic Garden of the Colum- 

 bian Institute, Prepared in 1824 79 



Appendix 3 Experimental Garden of the National Institute, 

 1844 87 



Appendix 4 Memorial Trees Planted on the Grounds of the 

 First U.S. Botanic Garden 89 



Appendix 5 Species Included in "A Catalog of Plants in the 

 National Conservatories/' Prepared by Wil- 

 liam R. Smith in 1854 95 



Appendix 6 Keim's Description of the Botanical Collection, 

 1875 99 



Appendix 7 Plants Collected During the Perry Expedition of 

 1852 to 1855 and Donated to the Botanic 

 Garden 103 



Appendix 8 Plants Growing Inside the Conservatory and on 

 the Grounds of the First Botanic Garden 

 During the George W Hess Years (1913 - 

 1934) 105 



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