BULLETIN 
The New York BotanicalGarden 
Vol. 8 No. 27 
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY AND DIRECTOR- 
IN-CHIEF FOR THE YEAR ror! 
(Accepted and ordered printed, January 8, IgI2) 
To THE Boarp oF Manacers or THE New Yorkx Bo- 
TANICAL GARDEN. 
Gentlemen: 1 have the honor to submit herewith my re- 
port as Secretary and Director-in-Chief for the year ending 
January 8, 1912. 
The development of the Garden has progressed rapidly 
during the year just closed by means of city appropriations 
for construction work and for the improvement of the 
grounds aggregating $49,800, and of unexpended balances 
of previous city appropriation. Considerable areas have 
been improved by grading and drainage and by the con- 
struction of additional paths. The two additional green- 
houses of conservatory range no. 2 under construction at 
the time of my last annual report were completed and 
opened to the public in July, and an additional house for 
this range will now be provided through a Park Depart- 
ment contract just awarded to Kelly & Kelley for the 
sum of $10,500. The boundary fence on the western side 
of the grounds, built by the New York Central & Hudson 
River Railroad Company under agreement with the City 
and with the Garden, was satisfactorily completed in the 
spring; a Park Department contract soon to be awarded 
will provide a fence along the greater part of the eastern 
boundary of the Garden, along the newly opened Bronx 
Boulevard. The collections of living plants, of museum 
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