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filling and draining, and at the eastern side of the grounds 

 in the deciduous arboretum. Through gifts and purchases 

 and by exploration, the collections of living plants, both 

 hardy and tender, and of museum and herbarium speci- 

 mens have been much increased, and the library has 

 received notable accessions. The labeling of plants and 

 specimens has been continued. Direct educational work 

 with the general public, with school children, and with 

 special students from colleges and universities has been 

 elaborated. The several series of publications have been 

 continued. 



Maintenance of the Garden has been accomplished by 

 appropriations aggregating $82,994.64 made by the city 

 of New York, supplemented by expenditures aggregating 

 about $13,000 from Garden income, or about $96,000 

 in all; the necessity of supplementing the city appropri- 

 ation by these expenditures prevented an elaboration of 

 educational and scientific work which would otherwise 

 have been possible, but a special fund of $7,500, contributed 

 by members and friends of the Garden for the use of the 

 Scientific Directors, enabled considerable original work 

 to be done. The permanent funds have been increased 

 by $50,000 bequeathed to the Garden by its late President, 

 Mr. Darius Ogden Mills, designated, by the Board of 

 Managers, the Darius Ogden Mills Fund; by life member- 

 ship fees aggregating $1,250, by $115, fees of special 

 students, credited to the Students' Research Fund, and 

 by a gift of $100 — credited to the Endowment Fund. 

 The gifts of living plants, of specimens and of books during 

 the year aggregate in value about $729.25; these have been 

 recorded in detail in the monthly issues of the Journal. 



Grading and Drainage 



The improvement of the north part of the Garden 

 grounds by filling and draining marshy areas in the north 

 meadows has been continued at intervals through the 

 season, and the dry summer was favorable for this work, 



