BULLETIN 



The New York Botanical Garden 



REPORT OF THE SECRETARY AND DIRECTOR- 

 IN-CHIEF FOR THE YEAR 1909 



(Accepted and ordered printed, January 10, i 9 io) 



To the Board of Managers of the New York Bo- 



Gentlemen: I have the honor to submit herewith my re- 

 port as Secretary and Director-in-Chief for the year ending 

 January 10, 1910. 



Continued progress has been made in the work of the 

 Garden. The system of driveways and paths has been 

 much extended. A large amount of land has been im- 

 proved by grading and drainage and made ready for plant- 

 ing. All the older plantations have been extended and 

 improved. The completed portion of the second range of 

 public conservatories was occupied and opened in June, 

 relieving the crowded condition of conservatory range no. 1 

 and providing space for a fine display of the large collec- 

 tion of tropical ferns and cycads. The collections of living 

 plants, museum objects, herbarium specimens and books 

 have been materially increased, by gift, by purchase and 

 by exploration. The labeling of plants and of specimens 

 has been elaborated. Educational work has been continued 

 with the general public, with children from the schools, 

 with special students from colleges and universities, and by 



Maintenance of the institution has been accomplished by 



an appropriation of #79,520 for that purpose by the city of 



New York, supplemented by an appropriation of #13,480 



(i49) 



