Copyright, 1899, by 

 II.Ok'lMh' PUBUISniING CO., 52U-535 Gaxton Building. CHICAGO. 



Vol. IV. 



CHICAGO AND NEW YORK, JULY 6, 1899. 



No. 84. 



THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL 

 GARDENS. 



Situated in picturesque Bronx Park 

 at the north end of the Great City, 

 there is gradually being brought into 

 shape and grandeur a magnificent 

 group of buildings and charming 

 grounds that will soon be a credit to 

 the whole of the United States. Here 

 in a 250 acreage of beautiful grounds, 

 are located the New York Botanical 

 Gardens. The main entrance is at the 

 Bedford Park Station of the Harlem 



Railroad; at a convenient distance 

 from this depot one reaches the main 

 buildings of the gardens. 



The museum is already built and 

 will be ready for occupancy this sum- 

 mer. It is a noble structure, over 300 

 feet long, Italian renaissance, and 

 contains among its numerous divi- 

 sional halls a lecture theater with a 

 seating capacity of 800, a fine exhibi- 

 tion room and a library. This build- 

 ing will be of the greatest interest to 

 scientists. The present herbarium 

 contains over 600,000 specimens, be- 



sides some 50,000 unmounted speci- 

 mens intended for exchange. Some 

 novel and highly interesting innova- 

 tions are being introduced. Not only 

 will the distinctly foreign floras be 

 grouped, but the economic plant sec- 

 tion will show examples of the vast 

 manufactures and industries apper- 

 taining thereto. The flora within 100 

 miles of New York City will be group- 

 ed, as a quick method of reference for 

 amateurs and students. 



In front of the museum and across 

 the Southern Boulevard the largest 



Conservatories of the New York Botanical Gardens, Bronx Park, New York, 



