The Chairman, Mrs. William Rand, thanked the Member Clubs Hospital- 
in the vicinity of New York for so ably aiding the Committee in pro- ity 
viding hospitality and motors for the visiting members. Mrs. Rand Committee 
expressed regret that more members had not allowed the Committee 
to arrange for their entertainment, as accommoda-tions for seventy- 
five persons had been offered and only twenty-five guests had been 
assigned to hostesses. 
The following report was presented by the Chairman, Mrs. J. Legislative 
Willis Martin: Committee 
The Legislative Committee begs to report that since the last 
Annual Meeting it has arranged with Mr. David E. Finley to represent 
the Club in Washington. Mr. Finley reports to the Committee any 
Bills which would be of interest to the Club which are brought before 
Congress. 
At the present time a Bill of serious purport is pending and a 
resolution will be offered later on by Mrs. King asking the Club to 
take action to oppose it. Your Committee also asks if you wish 
members of the Committee to go to Washington to be present at the 
hearing to voice the Club in opposing it. 
Your Committee asks you to ratify a resolution passed by the 
Board of Directors on February 14, 1921: 
Voted: As the Board of Directors of the Garden Club oe America 
have a representative in Washington to supervise all legislation of 
interest to the Garden Club of America, they request Member 
Clubs desirous of any action on different bills to communicate 
with the Chairman of the Legislative Committee before pro- 
ceeding with such matters. 
At the conclusion of this report upon motion duly made and 
seconded, it was 
Voted: To ratify the above resolution of the Board of Directors at 
their meeting of February 14, 1921. 
At this juncture the Secretary read a letter from Mrs. Francis 
King urging opposition of Bill 2166 H. R. advocating a site for the 
proposed National Botanical Garden other ths,n the Mt. Hamilton 
site proposed by Senate Bill 4485. so strongly endorsed by such 
authorities as Mr. Frederick Law Olmsted, Mr. Charles Piatt, and 
Mr. James Greenleaf. Mr. Fletcher Steele, a Member-at-Large of 
the Garden Club of America, was requested to outline the two sites 
in Washington. According to Mr. Steele's observation the Mt. 
Hamilton site would be the more advantageous in regard to size and 
soil conditions and could expand and develop into the greatest 
Botanical Garden in the world, while the smaller tract mentioned in 
H. R. Bill 2166 would be unadvantageous in view of its Hmited 
proportions. 
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