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of the Garden with the tract of about 140 acres added by 
the city to the reservation in 1915. At that time it was 
much out of repair, but considerable work has since been 
done upon it. The basement is used for shops for storage; 
the Bronx Society of Arts and Sciences has occupied a part 
of the building for several years, having museum collections 
on both the first and second floors as well as the use of a 
room for its Secretary; the Horticultural Society of New 
York has been given office room on the second floor; some 
of the laboratories of the Garden are located here; and part 
of the first floor has been fitted up for board rooms and a 
lecture room. 
5. The Pinetum 
[COLLECTION OF CONE-BEARING TREES| 
The collection of cone-bearing trees, technically known 
as the Pinetum, because the pines are the most abundant 
of these trees, is planted over a space of about 30 acres in 
the southwestern part of the grounds, extending from the 
approach to the elevated railway station southeast to the 
herbaceous garden, and northeast to the museum building 
and the borders of the hemlock forest. The species of trees 
are grouped in genera, which are mostly separated by paths. 
The planting out of these trees was commenced in 1901; 
the collection will continually become more complete year 
by year as additional species are secured; many of these 
have to be raised from seed, and the process of cea 
a collection of conifers thus requires much tim 
Commencing at the approach to the ee railway 
station we find the Douglas spruce (Pseudotsuga mucronata) 
planted in the space between the traffic road and the park 
driveway to the left of the path leading to the conserva- 
tories; this tree is a native of western North America from 
the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Coast and is sometimes 
known as red fir; in the far northwest it sometimes be- 
comes 180 to 210 feet high, its trunk occasionally as much 
as 14 feet in diameter, but in the Rocky Mountains it is 
