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The construction of the Bronx Boulevard along the entire 

 eastern side of the Garden grounds will require that con- 

 sideration be given to plans for a fence along that line. 



Plants and Planting 



Many plants have been transferred from the nurseries 

 to the various plantations during the spring and autumn 

 months, and many others have been purchased and suit- 

 ably distributed. The planting has included additions and 

 replacements in the herbaceous garden, the economic garden, 

 the fruticetum, the arboretum, the pinetum, the ornamental 

 flower gardens and the border screens, and additional trees 

 and shrubs have been set out along the driveways and paths. 

 In the autumn much planting was done at the eastern end 

 of the Boulder Bridge and near the Long Bridge in the val- 

 ley of the Bronx, utilizing, for the most part, wild shrubs 

 moved from other parts of the valley, following the plan 

 to keep the valley in as natural a state as possible. 



Progress has been made in the development of lake no. 2 

 and its borders as an aquatic garden. 



The completion of a part of conservatory range no. 2 

 made it possible to effect a considerable rearrangement of 

 the greenhouse collections, much to their advantage, and a 

 great many plants formerly in the propagating houses have 

 been placed in the two large ranges for the inspection of the 



Much attention and time has been given to the labeling 

 of plants both in the grounds and public conservatories and 

 records of the many additions have been carefully kept. 

 Over 5,000 new labels have been prepared. These addi- 

 tions have been largely obtained from the work of the 

 several exploring expeditions in the West Indies. 



Contributions of money for the purchase of plants 

 credited to the " Conservatory Fund " have been received 

 during the year as follows: 



Samuel Thorne $200 



Lowell M. Palmer 100 



