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Research funds. Grants made for original research to members of the 

 Academy and affiliated societies from the following funds formerly 

 administered by the Scientific Alliance of New York: JOHN STRONG 

 NEWBERRY FUND (about $1,200) for investigations in geology and 

 paleontology. ESTHER HERMANN RESEARCH FUND ($10,000) for in- 

 vestigations in any branch of science. 



New York Botanical Garden. 



Address. Bronx Park, New York City, N. Y. Director-in-Chief : N. L,. 

 Britton. 



History. Incorporated Apr. 28, 1891, the initiative for its establishment 

 having been taken by the Torrey Botanical Club in 1889. The garden 

 occupies 250 acres of land in the northern part of Bronx Park, formally 

 appropriated for its purposes in 1895, at which date the endowment 

 fund of $250,000 required by the act of incorporation had been fully 

 subscribed. The museum building, completed in 1900, contains, be- 

 sides the collections and library of the garden, the botanical collections 

 and library of Columbia University, deposited there by agreement ent- 

 tered into in 1896, those of the Torrey Botanical Club, and the botan- 

 ical part of the library of the N. Y. Academy of Sciences. It provides 

 also laboratories and other facilities for research. Tropical laboratory 

 in Jamaica established in 1903. 



Object. Collection and culture of plants, flowers, shrubs, and trees ; advancement 

 of botanical science and knowledge, and prosecution of original researches 

 therein and in kindred subjects, and affording instruction in the same; prosecu- 

 tion and exhibition of ornamental and decorative horticulture and gardening, and 

 entertainment, recreation and amusement of the people. 



Meetings. Annual meeting of the corporation, 2d Monday in Jan. Public lecture 

 courses on Saturday afternoons in the spring and fall. 



Membership. 54 members of the corporation; 93 annual members (dues, $10) ; 

 21 patrons, limited to 100, ($5,000) ; 164 life fellows, limited to 500 ($1,000). 



Publications. 



BULLETIN . . . v. I-III (i. e., no. i-n), 1896-1905. Lancaster, Pa., 

 1896/1900-1903/05. 8. 



v. 4-5 in progress; no. 12-13, 15-16 pub. May 1905 Dec. 1906. 

 v. I contains 5 nos. ; v. 2-3 have 3 nos. each. 



"Contains annual reports of the Director in chief and other official docu- 

 ments, and technical articles embodying the results of investigations car- 

 ried on in the Garden." Each paper is also issued separately in advance. 

 Price: $3 per vol. 



JOURNAL . . . v. I-VII, 1900-06. Lancaster, Pa. [1900-06]. 8. m. 

 "Contains notes, news and non-technical articles of general interest" 

 Publications of the staff and students of the Garden, Mar. 21, 1895, to Jan. 



i, 1902; in v. 3, p. 69-83; continued in subsequent vols. 

 Price: $i per year. 



