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of a definite plan of development, the execution of which 
necessarily involves certain lines of extension. At our meet- 
ing on December 14, 1907, we therefore adopted the follow- 
ing resolution : 
Lesolved, That the Scientific Directors request the Board 
of Managers for authority to solicit contributions to a fund of 
not less than $10,000 for the purposes of increasing the col- 
lections of living plants, of museum and herbarium speci- 
mens, and of the library, during the year 1908. 
The new public conservatories now under construction 
require that further collecting be done during the year in 
tropical America, and portions of this desired fund would be 
used for that purpose. The grounds have been improved 
and developed so that much additional planting can be done 
to great advantage, and for this purpose additional funds are 
needed ; the effort to secure for the library the older botanical 
literature, fast becoming rare and increasingly difficult to 
obtain, a policy already approved by the Board of Managers, 
should be continued, and the development of the museums 
also demands additional funds. 
In conclusion, we commend to your attention the several 
administrative and departmental reports which will shortly be 
placed before you in printed form. 
H. H. Russy, 
Chairman. 
