City of Seattle Records

4 The department placed on record the visit of Monsieur M L deVilmorin of Paris a distinguished botanist and horticulturist. Special Commissioner of Horticulture from the French Government to the Chicago Exposition. Mr T N Haller on behalf of the City placed his launch at Monsieur deVilmorin's disposition and the department guided his tour over Lake Washington where valuable specimans were collected by him. Monsieur deVilmoran will make arrangements both with the ]]Horticultural Governmental Gardens of France]], as also with Professor C S Sargent of the Arnold Arboretum Jamaica Plains Mass, for mutual exchanges with the Park Department of Seattle Respectfully E O Schwagers Supt & engineer Expenditures for the month of May 1893 [teninimelle] $468.8 Supplies $201.07 ___________ $669.92