BULLETIN 
The New York Botanical Garden 
Vol.9 No. 35 
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY AND DIRECTOR- 
IN-CHIEF FOR THE YEAR 1916 
(Accepted and ordered printed, January 8, 1917) 
To THE Boarp or Manacers of the New York Botanical 
Garden. 
Gentlemen: I have the honor to submit my report as 
Secretary and Director-in-Chief for the year ending 
January 8, 1917. 
Progress in the development of the Garden in all its de- 
partments has been made during the year and its educa- 
tional work has been continued. In new construction and 
new planting, attention has been for the most part con- 
centrated upon portions of the tract of about 140 acres 
added by the city to the Garden reservation in 1915, but 
minor work has been carried out in parts of the original 
area. All the older plantations have been maintained and 
all land previously improved has been cared for, although 
‘not as critically as was desirable, on account of limited 
funds for expenditure. The greenhouse collections of 
living plants have been maintained and augmented, and 
important additions have been made to the museum col- 
lections and to the herbarium and library. 
A special fund aggregating $8,400, subscribed by 108 
members of the Garden, denominated the ‘‘Rose Garden 
and Garden Extension Fund,” was expended in improving 
areas of the additional land, for the planting of a new rose 
garden, a garden for the use of the Society of American 
Florists and Ornamental Horticulturists during their con- 
