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wild plants was issued. Plans are made for the expenditure 
of the accumulated income during 1907, together with funds 
provided by the Wild Flower Preservation Society of America, 
and by means of this joint effort it is believed that much good 
can be accomplished. 
Administrative 
Dr. William A. Murrill has continued as first assistant 
during the year and has divided with me the oversight of the 
maintenance of grounds, buildings and plantations, and has 
taken charge of the Garden during my absence in the spring 
and in the autumn. Mr. Percy Wilson, administrative as- 
sistant, has acted in this capacity during the year. Such 
time as I have been able to spare from admistrative duties 
has been mainly devoted to work on the ‘‘ NortH AMERICAN 
Fiora” and to the study and determination of collections of 
plants and specimens from the West Indies. I have also 
completed, with the assistance of Dr. Shafer, Museum Cus_ 
todian, a descriptive work on the trees of North America, 
which may be published during the spring. 
General Considerations 
The development of the Garden has now been brought to 
a stage at which a relatively small addition to its annual 
income and a relatively small additional expenditure for con- 
struction would soon place it in the front rank of institutions 
of its kind. Its site, its buildings, and portions of its collec- 
tions are already unsurpassed ; the preparation of the grounds 
for decorative planting is well advanced, and its educational 
relationships and organization are most satisfactory. The 
driveways and bridges are nearly completed and the system 
of paths about one half built. The drainage and water supply 
are well advanced in construction. The number of visitors 
is already as great as that at any but two or three Old World 
establishments of the kind. Our income for 1907, exclusive 
of gifts which may be made for special purposes, will amount 
to about $102,000, composed of $75,000 granted by the city 
for maintenance and of about $27,000 from membership fees, 
