BULLETIN 



OF 



The New York Botanical Garden 



Vol. 2. No. 



REPORT OF THE SECRETARY AND DIRECTOR- 

 IN-CHIEF. 



{Submitted and accented, January 14, 1901.) 



To the Board of Managers of the New York Botan- 

 ical Garden. 



Gentlemen : I have the honor to submit herewith my report 

 as Secretary and Director-in-Chief for the year ending Jan- 

 uary 14, 1901 : 



Plants and Planting. 



1. Herbaceous Grounds. No noteworthy changes in the 

 installation of the herbaceous collection, located in the valley 

 south of the museum building, have been made during the 

 year; work on this plantation has been mainly restricted to 

 maintaining the groups already planted and in adding to them 

 species derived from exchanges, collecting, and grown from 

 seeds in the nurseries. Many of the species planted during 

 the three preceding years have now become well established 

 and show their true character in a very satisfactory way. 

 The increase in the number of species and in the size of 

 clumps previously planted has necessitated taking more of 

 the ground under cultivation in accordance with the general 

 plan originally adopted. The total number of species grown 

 in the herbaceous grounds during the year is about 2,300. 



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