Woodlawn Road entrance, the earth supplied by contractors 
engaged in excavating cellars in the vicinity, amounting to 
several thousand cubic yards, and dumped without expense 
where directed, shaping the surfaces so as to now permit the 
building of the path system of the northwestern corner of 
the grounds and the planting of that area. Following the 
completion of the Bronx Boulevard boundary fence, the 
grounds at the Bleecker Street entrance were graded and 
planted with shrubs and trees, and a sodded grass gutter 
500 feet long, was built along the higher portion of this wall 
to protect its foundations from rain-storms. Banks along 
the river road and at the Bedford Park Boulevard entrance 
have been regulated, graded and planted. 
The natural features of the reservation have been pro- 
tected against fire and vandalism and their beauty has 
suffered no deterioration. At conservatory range no. I, 
additional flower gardens aggregating 890 feet in length, 
averaging 8 feet in width, were graded and planted, backed 
by plantations of low evergreens, made possible by a gift 
of $1,500 from Mr. James A. Scrymser; at the east end of 
this conservatory, a new rose garden 250 feet long was 
installed, and considerable additional arboretum planting 
was accomplished through gifts aggregating $300 by MIrs. 
Florence Lydig Sturgis. 
The collections of hardy herbaceous perennials, of shrubs 
and of trees have been increased by many plants obtained 
from various sources; special attention has been given to 
the hardy herbaceous perennials. Noteworthy additions 
have also been made to the collections under glass, among 
them many cacti obtained through our cooperation with 
the Carnegie Institution of Washington in the investigation 
of that family of plants; six tall palms through the continued 
interest of Mrs. Finley J. Shepard; and many plants brought 
by our collecting expedition in the West Indies and by 
exchange with other institutions. The work of labeling the 
plant collections has been continued, both the grounds and 
the greenhouses thus becoming museums of living plants. 
