City of Seattle Records

2 order to kill out the growth, leaving the ground work for the last. It should also be reported, that the native woods, trees and shrubs, selected and retained as neucleus to the future ornamentation of the Park, was by nature very favorable, so that even now, inits most raw condition, the landscape development is quite effective and bids results still more attractive in genuine Park scenery. On the day, previous to the departure of your superintendent, he received a communication (in French) from Monseur De Villmoran, stating that he not only had secured official recognition for the City of Seattle for special exchanges of rare plants and seeds from his own, the French governmental gardens and the Arnold Arboretum, Mass. but had also secured the same from the Royal Kyew Gardens of England. It is therefore, with no little satisfaction, reported to your Honorable Board, that through his trip to Mount Rainier entailed a large personal expense, and was devoted to the producing of as large results, as so limited time, upon as large as area of territory permitted, especially where there still remained large areas of snow and consequent immature vegetation, the collection consists of a large and quite complete assortment of specimens in leaf and bloom which are now under treatment for preservation and can not be distribute beside some 40 kinds of choice varieties with mature seeds. It is urged, that the City of Seattle should make as large and complete a collection of her native tree - shrub - and - plant - seeds, as can be made possible for the contribution to these noted government institutions shall be of sufficient amount to deserve valuable recognition abroad.