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crowding the collections already brought together. The 

 present houses supply an abundance of head-room for plants, 

 even for the tallest that we shall be able to grow, for many 

 years, but the floor- and bench-areas will soon become insuf- 

 ficient. I propose to ask your permission, at an early date, 

 to commence the study of plans for another large range of 

 houses, which, probably, on account of the much less height 

 required, should cost very much less than the present struc- 

 tures. If this permission be granted, it will enable us to 

 incorporate in the new plans numerous specially constructed 

 compartments for the cultivation of certain groups of plants 

 which cannot be made to grow well in large rooms, but which 

 nevertheless are of great general interest and high scientific 

 importance. 



7. Nurseries. The area devoted to nurseries and propa- 

 gating greenhouses on the east side of the Garden, south of 

 the stable, has not been increased during the year, the land 

 already under cultivation being found sufficient for present 

 purposes. A very large number of plants have been moved 

 from the Nurseries into the permanent out-of-door planta- 

 tions, and from the propagating houses to the public con- 

 servatories. Necessity has been demonstrated for the com- 

 pletion of the range of propagating houses, and it is hoped 

 that arrangements for the building of the low glass house 

 needed to accomplish this may be made during the year. 



8. Boundary Borders. The planted borders have been 

 cultivated, and considerably thinned, many shrubs and trees 

 having been moved from them into other positions. The 

 " Old-fashioned Flower Garden," planted in front of the 

 boundary screen along the railroad, from the Southern Boule- 

 vard approach north to the lakes, has been almost wholly 

 replanted and rearranged, and at the same time considerably 

 widened. The border along the St. John's College property 

 line has been roughly cultivated, and, contingent upon the 

 building of the approach to the Manhattan Railway Station, 

 at the southwestern corner of the Garden, has been entirely 

 replanted at that point. Little work has been done on the 



