Establishment of a National Botanic Garden: Hearings Before a Joint Committee on the Library, United States, Sixty-sixth Congress, Second Session on S. 497, a Bill to Increase the Area of the United States Botanic Garden in the City of Washington, District of Columbia; and S. Res. 165, Directing the Committee on the District of Columbia to Report Plans for the Creation in Or Near the District of Columbia of a Botanic Garden Comparable with the Best Existing Gardens. [May 21, 1920]U.S. Government Printing Office, 1920 |
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... tract of land to which you took me once , and which we walked over together , is it not ? Mr. MOORE . Yes . Senator KNOX . Does the view take in the Capitol and the Washing- ton Monument , and the Lincoln Memorial as well ? Mr. MOORE ...
... tract of land to which you took me once , and which we walked over together , is it not ? Mr. MOORE . Yes . Senator KNOX . Does the view take in the Capitol and the Washing- ton Monument , and the Lincoln Memorial as well ? Mr. MOORE ...
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... tract ? Mr. MOORE . We always take the assessed valuation and add one- third to that . Senator KNOX . What is the assessed valuation of that tract ? Mr. MOORE . Mr. Langdon has that . Senator KNOX . Approximately , is all I care for ...
... tract ? Mr. MOORE . We always take the assessed valuation and add one- third to that . Senator KNOX . What is the assessed valuation of that tract ? Mr. MOORE . Mr. Langdon has that . Senator KNOX . Approximately , is all I care for ...
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... tract of land right outside of Rio de Janeiro - 3,000 acres . They have there a most important collection of trees of South America , etc. It is very valu- able information which they send out . We need to have first - hand information ...
... tract of land right outside of Rio de Janeiro - 3,000 acres . They have there a most important collection of trees of South America , etc. It is very valu- able information which they send out . We need to have first - hand information ...
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... tracts of land which have been deeded in trust to us and which Congress is now acting upon ; and we trust they will ... tract as that is not adequate for the maintenance of these long - lived plants . An arboretum or botanical garden of ...
... tracts of land which have been deeded in trust to us and which Congress is now acting upon ; and we trust they will ... tract as that is not adequate for the maintenance of these long - lived plants . An arboretum or botanical garden of ...
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... tract appealed to me from the beginning as being an exceedingly desirable place because it was comparatively easy to obtain , inex- pensive ; it had a magnificent exposure to the eastern and southern sun ; it had a variety of soil on ...
... tract appealed to me from the beginning as being an exceedingly desirable place because it was comparatively easy to obtain , inex- pensive ; it had a magnificent exposure to the eastern and southern sun ; it had a variety of soil on ...
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acres in area Anacostia Park Anacostia River Arnold Arboretum Arts assistant beautiful bill botanist Brooklyn Botanic Garden buildings Capitol CHAIRMAN Chelsea clay collection Columbian Institute commission commissioners Congress COVILLE cultivation curator Dahlem Department of Agriculture director District of Columbia east economic established extension of Maryland Extracts FAIRCHILD flower forest garden and arboretum Glasgow Botanic Gardens Government Graceland Cemetery greenhouses grounds herbarium horticultural improvement Jardin JOHNSON Joint Committee laboratories land loam located Mall Maryland Avenue ment MOORE Mount Hamilton museum N. L. Britton national botanic garden OLMSTED pear plants present proposed purposes residents Rock Creek Park Royal Botanic Gardens Royal Exotic Nursery sandy loam Science scientific seeds Senator KNOX shrubs soil species Street superintendent SWINGLE tion Traveler's Notes trees tropical United University Botanic Garden varieties vegetable Veitch & Sons Washington WOOD York Botanical Garden
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Page 56 - It is hereby ordered that whenever new structures are to be erected in the District of Columbia under the direction of the Federal Government which affect in any important way the appearance of the city, or whenever questions involving matters of art and with which the Federal Government is concerned are to ba determined, final action shall not be taken until such plans and questions have been submitted to the Commission of Fine Arts designated under the act of Congress of May 17, 1910, for comment...
Page 43 - SIR : The Commissioners of the District of Columbia have the honor to submit the following on Senate bill 1750, Sixty-ninth Congress, first session, entitled "A bill to establish a woman's bureau in the Metropolitan police department of the District of Columbia...
Page 56 - The commission shall also advise generally upon questions of art when required to do so by the president, or by any committee of either house of congress.
Page 56 - It shall be the duty of such commission to advise upon the location of statues, fountains, and monuments in the public squares, streets, and parks in the District of Columbia, and upon the selection of models for statues, fountains, and monuments erected under the authority of the United States and upon the selection of artists for the execution of the same.
Page 5 - Resolved, That the Committee on the District of Columbia be, and it is hereby, directed to consider...
Page 56 - Navy, the Chairman of the Committee on the Library of the Senate, and the Chairman of the Committee on the Library of the House of Representatives.
Page 8 - The improvement of the park system of the District of Columbia;" and also any other location which they may deem suitable; and that the Commission of Fine Arts be required to make suggestions in connection with each location as to a memorial suited to it and within the limit of cost authorized by the act; and also the best method of selecting the artists, sculptors...
Page 43 - That the entire amount found to be due and awarded by the jury in said proceedings as damages, for and in respect of the land to be condemned for fltosaid extension plus the costs and expenses of said proceeding, shall be assessed by the jury as benefits...
Page 8 - It was a report made to the Senate by the Senate Committee on the District of Columbia...
Page 56 - Columbia, as well as upon all questions involving matters of art with which the Federal Government is concerned. In addition, the commission advises upon general questions of art whenever requested to do so by the President or any committee of Congress.