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Addisonia 
Publication of this new magazine, founded by a bequest 
of the late Judge Addison Brown (Addison Brown Fund) 
for the illustration in color and the description of plants of 
the United States, and of other plants flowering in the 
collections of the Garden, was begun in the spring, and the 
four parts forming the first volume have been issued, each 
containing ten colored plates with accompanying text. 
Following the conditions of the bequest, subscriptions to 
Addisonia have been invited, and 220 such subscriptions 
at $10 per volume have now been received. The magazine 
is edited by Dr. John H. Barnhart, Bibliographer, and 
Mr. George V. Nash, Head Gardener. 
Investigations 
Members of the administrative and curatorial staffs have 
continued botanical and horticultural investigations during 
such time as has been available, mostly with direct reference 
to perfecting the classification of the collections. Students 
and visitors, working under the direction of the staff, have 
carried out researches over a considerable range of studies. 
At the meeting of the Board of Managers held April 20, 
the Scientific Directors submitted a statement showing that 
with the present development of grounds, buildings, and 
collections, additional power of expenditure would, in a 
few years, if obtained, place the Garden in the position of a 
botanical and horticultural university. 
Women’s Auxiliary 
At a meeting of the Women’s Auxiliary held at the 
mansion on April 12, the following additional members 
were nominated; and at the meeting of the Board of Man- 
agers on April 20, were duly elected: 
Mrs. Walter Jennings, 
Mrs. Hamilton Fish Kean, 
Mrs. Charles D. Dickey, 
Mrs. Charles MacVeagh. 
