made by the Board of Managers, or #93,000 in all; if the 

 city appropriation had been sufficient the money voted for 

 maintenance by the Board of Managers would have been 

 available for educational work, for planting, and for the 

 increase of the collections; a special fund of #6,850 was 

 subscribed by members of the Garden for these purposes 

 during the year. The permanent funds have been increased 

 by #10,000 from the estate of the late William R. Sands, 

 paid in full in June, and by several life membership fees and 

 fees of students; the will of the late Helen C. Inslee pro- 

 vides #5,000 for the Garden subject to the life estate of her 

 sister, Jeannette Robinson. Gifts of living plants, speci- 

 mens and books during the year aggregated in value about 

 #1,221.10 and have been recorded in detail in the monthly 

 issues of the Journal. 



Construction work, including grading, drainage, exten- 

 sion of the water supply and the building of paths and roads, 

 has been prosecuted by means of the balances of former 

 city appropriations and by a new city appropriation of #25,- 

 000 which became available in August, 1909. Some minor 

 pieces of construction, such as sodding and sowing banks, 

 building catch basins, a temporary bridge, and laying drain 

 pipes have been accomplished by laborers paid from Garden 

 funds. 



Grading and Drainage 



Much of the season's work in grading and drainage has 

 been carried out in the north meadows, in the northern part 

 of the grounds, where there were a number of marshy areas 

 which have been partially filled by earth hauled from va- 

 rious points within the grounds; this work has gone forward 

 parallel with the building of paths in that part of the Gar- 

 den, and several acres of low lying land have been re- 

 claimed; at freshet time the Bronx River sometimes rises 

 to the level of its banks through this flood plain and backs 

 up into some areas, the level of which is lower than that of 

 the river at flood; the work in this part of the grounds has 

 been directed to the filling of these low areas sufficient to 



