(28o) 



Samuel Thorne 



H. C. von Post 



S. S. Palmer 



Mrs. E. H. Harriman 



L. C. Tiffany 



Arthur F. Esterbrook 



Henry W. de Forest 



Miss Helen M. Gould 



Isaac M. Seligman 



Mrs. F. L. Sturgis 



John E. Parsons S° 



Andrew G. Agnew SO 



Jas. Douglas 25 



P. N. Spofford 10 



Mrs. Francis Lydig Sturgis kindly contributed funds 

 for the purchase of a collection of Japanese cherry trees, 

 and ground has been prepared for these in the arboretum 

 in proximity to the general cherry collections; the trees 

 will be planted in the spring. 



Natural Features 



The preservation of the natural features of the tract 

 has been given much attention. The hemlock grove has 

 been patroled almost continuously, and several fires which 

 might have done much damage were quenched before 

 making headway; visitors have been kept to the trails and 

 paths as much as possible, but on crowded days the grove 

 has been considerably overrun and some additional damage 

 done to undergrowth. The northern end of the hemlock 

 grove and other parts of the woodlands have been pro- 

 tected by low, iron-pipe fences, which have proved very 

 useful and are not conspicuous. 



Visitors have been kept out of natural thickets other than 

 those of the hemlock grove as much as our available force 

 of guards has permitted, but some of these thickets also 

 should be fenced, in order to preserve their beauty. Many 

 acres of wild land are retained as such in the north meadows, 

 and the river woods north of the Long Bridge remains un- 

 changed. 



