Additional construction-work includes the completion of 

 the ornamental terra-cotta work on the roof, included in the 

 contract of the Department of Parks with the Wilson & Bail- 

 lie Manufacturing Company ; the construction of a large 

 quantity of shelving for the convenient arrangement of the 

 publications of the Garden, constantly needed for exchanges ; 

 the building of six additional herbarium cases of the ordinary 

 design, and of two combination book-shelf and herbarium 

 cases at the north end of the main herbarium room ; the 

 shelving of the walls of the library reading room ; the build- 

 ing of two specially constructed tables for use in the labora- 

 tory, and of a card-catalogue case for the library. 



The need of a large amount of additional furniture for all 

 parts of the museum building became evident during the 

 summer, owing to the rapidly increasing size of the col- 

 lections in all departments, and in October a contract was 

 awarded to Thomas Dwyer, by the Commissioners of Public 

 Parks, for the building and placing in position of cases of a 

 number of different patterns, the amount of this contract be- 

 ing $32,590, this expenditure having been authorized by the 

 Board of Estimate and Apportionment in voting an appro- 

 priation of $150,000 during the summer for additional con- 

 struction-work of all kinds. This furniture was all designed 

 by Mr. R. W. Gibson, architect, and his plans and specifi- 

 cations were duly approved by you, and by the Commissioner 

 of Public Parks. Some of this furniture has been received 

 already, and it is expected, under the terms of the contract, 

 that it will all be in place by the spring. This additional 

 equipment should supply our needs for furniture for at least 

 two years, in so far as the growth of the collections can be 

 foreseen. 



Front Approach to the Museum Building. As recorded 

 in my last annual report, the contract awarded early in 1901 

 to the Wilson & Baillie Manufacturing Co. included the con- 

 struction of driveway and path approaches to the museum 

 building, together with certain architectural works, including 

 fountains and stone seats, and it was there stated that the work 



