( 4*4 ) 



north and east borders, except in the neighborhood of the 

 stable ; these borders cannot be put into permanent shape, ex- 

 cept at rather widely separated intervals, until the streets 

 planned to bound the Garden along those sides are con- 

 structed ; and there seems no present indication of this being 

 taken up by the City. 



9. Other Plantations. The trees and shrubs formerly 

 planted in the vicinity of the Harlem Division railway sta- 

 tion have been kept cultivated, and the plantations somewhat 

 increased ; the completion of the driveway and path approach 

 to the Southern Boulevard bridge, over this railroad, enabled 

 us to accomplish considerable planting there during the 

 autumn, and other plantations were set out near the approach 

 to the Elevated Railway. 



The total number of species now represented in the plan- 

 tations and conservatories, including the native flora of the 

 tract, is about 10,600 as against about 9,300 a year ago, an 

 increase during the year of about 1,300. 



The general direction of all gardening operations and of 

 the labeling and recording of the plants has been carried 

 out by Mr. George V. Nash, head gardener, and Mr. George 

 A. Skene, second gardener; the immediate direction of the 

 work in the public conservatories has been in charge of Mr. 

 James Skinner, foreman gardener, for the portion of the range 

 west of the central dome, and of Mr. Adam Muller, fore- 

 man gardener, for the central dome and the houses east of it. 

 Further details relative to plants and gardening will be found 

 in the report of the head gardener, hereto appended. 



Buildings. 



1. Museum. The maintenance of the museum building 

 has been confined to ordinary repairs carried out by our own 

 employees, including painting, replastering and repainting ; 

 it has been sought to make repairs as soon as they become 

 necessary, rather than to allow any considerable amount of 

 such work to accumulate. Funds at our command were not 

 sufficient to accomplish all that was desirable, but it is planned 

 to do everything necessary within the next few months. 



