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terms thereof, and that thereupon a call be made upon the 
subscribers for the payment to the Treasurer of 50 per cent. 
of their subscriptions. 
5. Resolved, That the Finance Committee be and hereby 
are directed to invest the moneys paid in as above mentioned 
in their discretion, so as to earn income from which to pay 
expenses as they may hereafter accrue. 
6. Fesolved, That the Finance Committee be, and they 
are hereby, directed to continue their efforts for the increase of 
the Endowment Fund, and with power to make a general ap- 
peal to the public, by means of circulars and newspaper arti- 
cles, as they may deem proper. 
The President notified the Commissioners of Public Parks 
of the adoption of the first of these resolutions on June rgth, 
and on July 31st the following action was taken by the said 
Commissioners : 
‘« Resolved, That the Commissioners of Parks approve the 
selection of the site for the Botanical Garden in Bronx Park, 
and, as authorized by Chapter 103 of the Laws of 1894, hereby 
appropriate two hundred and fifty acres or less for that pur- 
pose, as shown and described on map No. 568, dated July 
26, 1895, signed Calvert Vaux, Landscape Architect, and 
Samuel Parsons, Superintendent of Parks, provided that the 
restrictions for the protection of the hemlock grove and the 
lines as drawn and approved be consented to by the Trustees 
of said Botanical Garden.” 
The restrictions referred to in the above resolution are as 
follows : 
‘¢That no cutting down or pruning of trees, no planting, 
cultivating or laying out any portion of the reservation termed 
on accompanying map of Bronx Park ‘Hemlock Grove,’ shall 
be undertaken by the Botanical Garden authorities, except in 
the presence of and with the consent and direction of a duly 
deputed representative of the Department of Public Parks.” 
«« That the preservation of the natural beauty of the Hem- 
lock Grove may be fully maintained in case a difference of 
