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Martin Schenck, and of his Chief Clerk, Mr. Gunther K. Ack- 

 erman ; to these gentlemen I desire to express my sincere ap- 

 preciation of their aid and advice. 



Care of the Grounds. 



The rapidly increasing number of visitors has made it 

 necessary to pa) 7 somewhat more attention to the care of the 

 grounds, although no depredations worthy of remark have 

 been committed. Especial watch has been kept on the hem- 

 lock forest and the scattering of refuse by visitors has been 

 considerably reduced. In addition to the police patrol the 

 plantations and the forest have been guarded on Sundays and 

 holidays by some of our own men, while others have been 

 kept on guard in the museum building and in the conserva- 

 tories ; it has been possible to arrange this without throwing 

 continuous holiday work on any one person. Some member 

 of the staff has been in charge of the institution on every Sun- 

 day and holiday. 



The grass of the Garden was cut by our own force in the 

 summer and stacked for fodder for the horses, most of it 

 being put into a hay-barrack built by our own men near the 

 stable ; this hay-barrack was constructed with four locust 

 logs for uprights, about 30 feet high, which support a roof 

 which may be raised or lowered at will, a floor of rough logs 

 being added ; this has the advantage of keeping both the bot- 

 tom and the top of the hay-stack free from dirt and water. 



Lawn-mowers have been used on the newly sown grounds, 

 and around the plots in the herbaceous garden ; the unde- 

 veloped meadow areas of the Park were cut with an ordinary 

 two horse mowing machine. 



Considerable work has been done in clearing dead branches 

 from trees and a few dead trees have been cut down ; this 

 work may go on during the rest of the winter. 



Library. 



The growth of the library has been very rapid, by gifts, 

 exchanges and purchases. As appears from the report of 



