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Police Protection 
The city police patrol of the Garden has been made 
somewhat more complete during the year by an additional 
officer, the area being now divided into two posts, the 
one east of the Bronx River, the other west, and a mounted 
officer has been supplied for part of the time. We have 
supplemented this protection by three keepers paid from 
our own appropriations throughout the year, and have 
detailed gardeners and laborers for this duty on Satur- 
days, Sundays and holidays and on late afternoons of 
other days during the summer. This force has pre- 
vented any serious damage or vandalism, though it has 
been by no means sufficient to prevent various annoy- 
ances to visitors and minor depredations. I was inter- 
ested during my recent visit to the Royal Gardens at 
Kew, England, to learn that twenty-four constables 
are there employed, and the area of Garden land at Kew 
is only a little larger than ours, and it is completely sur- 
rounded by a high wall and is closed during the night. 
Administration 
The details of administration, which become more 
numerous as the reservation becomes more fully developed 
and the collections increase, have been largely referred 
to Dr. W. A. Murrill, Assistant Director, and to Mr. R. 
S. Williams, Administrative Assistant, both acting under 
my immediate direction. The new construction work 
has been under my own immediate supervision, assisted by 
Mr. Arthur Corbett, Superintendent of Buildings and 
Grounds, and I have also supervised the installation of 
new collections, aided by the curators and by the Head 
Gardener. I have found a limited amount of time 
available for personal study of the collections and for the 
continued prosecution of investigations of the American 
flora and of the cactus family, largely in cooperation with 
Dr. J. N. Rose, of the United States National Museum. 
