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us little for educational work or the increase of the collec- 
tions. The necessity of caring for the 140 acres of addi- 
tional land makes the financial condition very difficult. 
At your meeting of November 18, the Scientific Directors 
were authorized to invite subscriptions to funds aggregating 
$15,000, for aid in the maintenance and development of 
the new land and for the purchase of books, plants, and 
specimens; it is hoped that these funds may be obtained. 
It is also hoped that the number of Annual Members of 
the institution may be increased, and it is planned to invite, 
on behalf of the Membership Committees, a large number 
of persons to qualify as Annual Members. 
Reports Appended 
Appended reports include those of the Assistant Director, 
the Head Gardener, the Head Curator of the Museums 
and Herbarium, the Director of the Laboratories, the 
Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds, the Librarian, 
the Bibliographer, the Honorary Curator of the Economic 
Collections, the Honorary Curator of the Collection of 
Fossil Plants, and the Honorary Curator of Mosses; also 
a list of subscriptions to the Garden Extension and Com- 
memoration Fund, and a schedule of expenditures by the 
Accountant. 
Respectfully submitted, 
N. L. Brirron, 
Director-in-Chief. 
REPORT OF THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR 
Dr. N. L. Brirron, Direcror-1n-CuIEF. 
Sir: I have the honor to submit the following report for 
the year 1915. 
The reports to follow comprise the chief details of main- 
tenance and I have submitted for your files the weekly 
reports of the Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds. 
The season of 1915 must be recorded as the best general 
growing season in the history of the Garden. There were 
