(12) 
Also a subscription of $5,000 by Jas. R. Pitcher, to be paid 
in plants. 
The Chairman of the Scientific Directors reported that 
after consultation with the Commissioners of Public Parks the 
northern part of Bronx Park had been selected as the most 
desirable site for the Garden. 
The following resolutions were then adopted : 
i. WuEREAS, The Endowment Fund of $250,000 called 
for by the Act of Incorporation has been fully subscribed, 
Ltesolved, That the President be, and is hereby, directed 
to notify the Board of Commissioners of Public Parks of this 
fact, and to ask them to set apart 250 acres of land in Bronx 
Park for the use of the Botanical Garden, as required by 
said Act, and to request the Board of Estimate and Appor- 
tionment to authorize, and the Comptroller to issue $500,000 
of the Stock of the Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of 
the City of New York for the purpose of erecting suitable 
and adequate buildings thereon. 
2. Lesolved, That it be referred to the Scientific Directors 
of the New York Botanical Garden, with power, to agree 
with the Department of Public Parks as to the 250 acres of 
Bronx Park to be assigned to the uses of the Garden. 
3. Resolved, That a Special Committee of Five, consist- 
ing of the President, the Secretary, the Chairman of the 
Board of Scientific Directors, Mr. W. E. Dodge and Judge 
Brown, be and hereby is appointed, with power to agree with 
the Park Board as to the plans for laying out the Garden, and 
with power to obtain or agree upon with the Park Commis- 
sioners plans for the buildings, and if they deem it necessary 
to engage, for a period not exceeding six months, the services 
of a Superintendent of the Garden. 
4. Lesolved, That whenever the Park Commissioners have 
set apart the land in Bronx Park for the uses of the Garden, 
the President be, and is hereby, directed to certify the fact to 
the subscribers to the Endowment Fund, and to notify them 
that their subscriptions are binding, in accordance with the 
