BULLETIN 



OF 



The New York Botanical Garden 



Vol. 2. No. 7. 



REPORT OF THE SECRETARY AND DIRECTOR- 

 IN-CHIEF FOR THE YEAR 1901. 



{Submitted and ordered printed January /j, igo2.) 



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 13, 1902. 



The year has been one of great activity in construction, 

 installation of exhibits, exploration, investigation and teach- 

 ing. The number of visitors has been largely in excess of 

 that in any previous year and the public interest in and ac- 

 quaintance with the institution is steadily increasing. 



Plants and Planting. 



1. Herbaceous Grounds. Considerable rearrangement has 

 been made of the herbaceous collections, by moving some of 

 the groups from their previous positions to others nearby 

 where the cultural conditions have proven by experience to 

 be more favorable ; this has been accomplished, however, 

 without taking them out of the general botanical sequence. 

 The addition of many species not hitherto represented, and 

 the growth of others already installed, have necessitated tak- 

 ing considerably more ground under high cultivation. The 



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