BULLETIN 
The New York BotanicalGarden 
Vol.9g No. 33 
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY AND DIRECTOR- 
IN-CHIEF FOR THE YEAR 1915 
(Accepted and ordered printed, January 10, 1916) 
To tHE Boarp or Manacers or THE New York 
Botanica GARDEN. 
Gentlemen: I have the honor to submit herewith my 
report as Secretary and Director-in-Chief for the year 
ending January Io, 1916. 
The most noteworthy event in the history of the institu- 
tion during the year was the grant by the Board of Estimate 
and Apportionment, on January 29, 1915, of the use of 
over 140 acres of Bronx Park, additional to the original 
reservation of 250 acres set aside and appropriated by 
the Commissioners of Public Parks in 1895, and signalizing 
the Twentieth Anniversary of the first allotment of ground 
for the purposes of the Garden. This action by the city 
increases the area of the New York Botanical Garden to 
nearly 400 acres, making it the largest institution of its 
kind in the temperate zones, and provides unequaled 
opportunity for further development. With the use of 
this land came the use of the large stone mansion built 
by the Lorillard family in 1856, an edifice containing 45 
rooms, and available for many useful purposes. The 
Garden reservation now comprises all of Bronx Park north 
of Pelham Avenue except three small areas reserved for 
the use of the Park Department, occupied by its green- 
houses, shop, stable, and music-stand. 
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