Request for Seeds of Trees for the Mall
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PrintLacking an appropriation from Congress for landscaping for the Mall, the Smithsonian and the Patent Office jointly issue a general request for seeds of every species of tree that could grow in this latitude.
Chronology of Smithsonian History
Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1858, p. 17
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1858
Mall, The (Washington, D.C.)