Gazebo in garden grounds, Buffalo City Hospital. Photo courtesy of The Buffalo Courier-Express Microfilm Collection, Archives & Special Collections, E.H. Butler Library, SUNY Buffalo State. Right, Strolling through the garden grounds, Buffalo City Hospital. Photo courtesy of The Buffalo Courier-Express Microfilm Collection, Archives & Special Collections, E.H. Butler Library, SUNY Buffalo State. Tulips in bloom in the garden at Buffalo City Hospital. Photo from A Surgical Program Comes of Age, 1941-1962. 24 Buffalo City Hospital 1918-1939 Scattered throughout the gardens were shelter houses, garden gates, pergolas, flag walks, stone arches and inviting benches. With more than 850 varieties of shrubs, evergreens, flowering plants and trees, the grounds were regarded as a national horticultural showplace. In the 1950s, most of the hundreds of plants in the gardens were nurtured in the hospital’s own private greenhouse by members of the hospital’s fulltime staff of 10 gardeners. In 1952, the greenhouse produced a crop of 2,500 geraniums, 300 poinsettias for Christmas and 1,500 chrysanthemums for Thanksgiving. Even into the 1970s, one of the most beautiful floral displays in Buffalo was at the entrance to the hospital. Flanked by fountains and formal gardens, it was a lovely and peaceful spot. The guiding philosophy throughout the years was that patients would benefit greatly from fresh air and sunshine in a naturally beautiful environment.