Word: garden
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Hamblin yesterday clarified his position with reference to the recent situation which led to the temporary closing of the Garden, and questioned several statements made by President Lowell in an official communication last week...
...first intimation that I had that there would be any change in the Garden," said Mr. Hamblin, "came with the instructions given me by Mr. Lowell on Wednesday, October 16, in relation to the closing of the gates. I find that the Visiting Committee, departmental heads, officers of the University, and also the Garden Clubs and other people interested in giving for the Garden, knew nothing of this decision...
...decided last spring to close the Garden, as President Lowell said Tuesday, it must have been known to only a few people at that time, for the director and people interested were not notified...
According to Mr. Hamblin, plans are now being made to build a bigger botanic garden somewhere else, as an outlet for the enthusiasm for gardening, and to divert feeling in the present situation. "Whether or not the Garden can be used for anything other than a botanic garden is for the proper officials to say," was his statement. "The public will soon center its interests on something else...
...members of the visiting committee, who is a member of the North Shore Garden Club, which is interested in the work of the Garden and has contributed to its work, said that "we have always had hard sledding to get funds. The University has always given us $3000 yearly to pay off the debt of the Garden, and we have raised $5000 to carry on the work. Last spring the University, after the debt had been paid, would not continue to contribute their $3000 to the Garden any more. And some time after the last meeting we, the members...