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Summer Seed Collect 'nig. In connection with onr International 

 Seed Excbano-e, the largest deniaiuh very natnra]]\-. is for seeds 

 of native American plants. In order to secure seeds from a 

 wider geogra])hic range, the (jarden has had collectors in the 

 held during the past summer, as follows: Mr. J. \\ Anderson, 

 Alaska; Miss Belle II. ]jurr, Newfoundland; Dr. C. Stuart (iager, 

 Maine; Dr. Alfred Gundersen, Catskill Mountains; Students of 

 Prof. D. 1>. Swingle, Montana; Students of Prof. Aven Nelson, 

 Wyoming. 



ChrysanilieviKui euid Rose ExJiibif. At the recjuest of the 

 Garden Department of the (iarden C"ity-1 lem])stead Community 

 Club, the Botanic Garden, on November ii, made a dis])lay at 

 their flower show of about two dozen named (."hrysanthemums 

 from our outdoor beds, and aljout two dozen named Roses from 

 our Rose (jarden. Phis occupied the entire front of the stage 

 of the auditorium where the show was held, and niadc a very 

 pleasing and striking appearance. 



Financial 



Tax Ilndgct Accounts 

 The initial Tax Budget ap])r()priation for 1929 was as follows: 



R('(|iicsted Granted 



Personal Service $101,614.00 $75,240.00 



Other Codes 22,728.00 15,705.00 



Totals $124,342.00 $90,y45.oo 



In response to our requests, appropriations, su])i)lementary to 

 the original Tax Budget api)ropriation for maintenance for J 929, 

 have been made as follows : 



I, At its meeting on Ai)ril 4, 1929, the Board adopted Reso- 

 lutions (Cal. Nos, 99-A and 99-B), providing for a transfer froin 

 Code No. 3071, Pine I, For Adjustment of Personal Service 

 and Px]ienses in the Various Public Pibraries and CXher Institu- 

 tions to Brooklyn Botanic Account, Code No. ]3')i, Other than 

 Personal Service, as follows : 



