TENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. 13 
far as this could depend upon him, the Board of Trustees 
adopted a few simple rules for persons making use of the 
institution, and a comprehensive skeleton outline for the 
guidance of the Director.* 
During the period covered by this report, the Garden 
has been kept open to the public at the times designated 
by the founder,f and has been maintained in as attractive 
a manner asthe means at the disposal of the Board have 
permitted. While, as has been indicated in previous re- 
ports, year by year, the attractive features of the Garden 
have been annually augmented, the severe tornado of May 
27, 1896 wrought great havoc with the trees, so that at 
the time, 450 trees were destroyed, and, as a result of the 
injuries that they then received, some hundreds of others 
have since died and been removed.{ © 
The plant-houses, which, when the Board assumed con- 
trol of the Garden, were all of antiquated models and de- 
fective construction, from time to time have been placed in 
somewhat better condition; and the system of houses was 
increased by the addition, in 1894 and 1897, of a modern 
well-lighted house, a part of which is devoted to a collec- 
tion of orchids, while another part is planted out, in a 
natural and attractive way, to ferns, cycads, etc.§ In 1895, 
a modern vegetable forcing house and grapery was added. | 
Notwithstanding these additions, at present the house capa- 
city is by no means adequate for the cultivation of the large 
number of species of plants which are now growing under 
glass, and, as has been reported previously, it is hoped 
that ultimately very considerable additions may be made, 
in which case it should prove possible to set aside certain 
houses exclusively for bringing plants into bloom for dis- 
play in other houses which are used exclusively for that 
* Rept. 1:92. 8:12. § Rept. 6:14. 7:14. 
+ Rept. 1: 32, 51,92. 6311. || Rept. 7: 16. 
t Rept. 8:18. 9:18. q{ Rept. 8: 37, 41. 
