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R. Sheehan & Company for $23,700. This provided two 

 additional greenhouses for this range. The excavation 

 necessary for cellar and trenches was completed on De- 

 cember 22d. The foundations and nearly all the brick 

 and stone walls of these structures have also been com- 

 pleted; the iron work will be put in place during the winter. 

 It is expected that these houses will be ready for occupation 

 in the early spring. Our plan is to move into these new 

 houses certain portions of the collections from conser- 

 vatory range no. 1 and substitute there a large portion of 

 the collections of cactuses and other succulent plants which 

 have been obtained during the last few years and housed 

 in the propagating houses for want of space in the public 



Boundary Walls and Fences 



The iron fence constructed in 1908 along the property 

 line of Fordham University at the southern side of the 

 grounds has been completely painted, but has required 

 no other repairs. 



Under a tripartite agreement between the city, the New 

 York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company, 

 and the Garden, executed in August, under the authority 

 of Chapter 558 of the Laws of 1909, the Railroad Company 

 will construct at its own expense, a concrete and iron fence 

 along the entire western boundary of the Garden, and work 

 on this fence is expected to be commenced within a few 

 weeks. Through this same agreement the Railroad Com- 

 pany has constructed a conduit along this boundary line 

 for the telegraph and telephone wires, now strung on poles; 

 it is expected that these wires will now be removed from 

 the poles and placed in the conduit. 



During the construction of the Bronx Boulevard along 

 the eastern side of the grounds during the season, a re- 

 taining wall was built by the Department of Public Works, 

 from a point opposite power house no. 2 to the northeastern 

 corner of the grounds; this wall reaches a height of about 

 twenty feet above the Garden land along portions of this 



