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of a special appropriation of $13,000 made by the Board of 
Managers for this purpose. The necessity for making this 
appropriation seriously diminished ‘our ability for purchasing 
desirable plants, specimens and collections. 
he total membership of the Garden is now 1,167. 
Construction of Roads and Paths 
The river road extending from the east end of the Long 
Bridge northwardly along the east side of the Bronx River 
to the Newell Avenue entrance, on which work has been 
prosecuted at intervals for several years, was completed and 
thrown open for use in November, completing the driveway 
system in the northeastern part of the grounds; this road has 
a total length of a little over 2,000 feet and forms a note- 
worthy addition to the driveway system. 
The main driveway at the Lake Bridge, which has been 
unfinished since the completion of that structure two years 
ago, was paved and surfaced during the autumn, thus com- 
pleting the main north and south driveway through the west- 
ern part of the grounds. 
The road leading from the main driveway near the Bleecker 
Street entrance on the east side of the grounds to the new 
public conservatories now under construction, was graded 
and nearly all the telford foundation laid during the year; its 
completion requires broken trap rock and screenings. 
A beginning was made in grading the portion of the main 
driveway still to be constructed from a point near the Bleecker 
Street entrance to the southeastern corner of the grounds, in 
accordance with the original plan, and stone for the telford 
foundation of a part of this road is being assembled dur- 
ing the winter, taken from the quarry behind the museum 
building. This is now the only remaining portion of the 
driveway system to be built, a total length of 1,800 feet. 
The construction of the path system has been continued at 
a number of different points and much progress has been 
made. The paths about the lakes north and east of the mu- 
seum building, and those on the fruticetum plain, partially 
