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occupied during the spring and summer, with the selection of 
the site for the Garden, and their action in this matter has been 
above reported. On August 26, they contracted through a 
committee, with Mr. A. H. Napier, Civil Engineer, for a 
topographical survey of the tract, and a map drawn on the 
scale of fifty feet to the inch, with five foot contours. Unfore- 
seen difficulties in the field work of this survey, and the un- 
timely death of Mr. Napier, have delayed the completion 
of this map, but it is now finished, and was submitted to the 
Directors on January gth and accepted. It will form a satis- 
factory basis for all work in developing the Garden. 
The preparation of a seal for the Garden was referred by 
the Managers to the Directors, and this is being considered 
by a committee. 
The educational work of the Garden has been fairly in- 
augurated in two ways: 
1. By the labeling of the larger trees standing in the area 
by a committee of the Scientific Directors. There are not 
fewer than 500 of these, of about 4o different kinds, excluding 
those forming the Hemlock Grove. About 100 have been 
labeled, and labels are ready or in process of making for some 
200 more. The labels have been observed with interest by the 
large number of persons who visited the Park during the au- 
tumn. The work of affixing them may go on more rapidly 
on the approach of warm weather. 
2. On the authorization of the President of the Board of 
Managers, arrangements were made with Dr. D. Morris, As- 
sistant Director of the Royal Gardens at Kew, who was in 
New York for a few days on his way to the Bahamas, to de- 
liver an illustrated lecture on ‘* The Rise and Progress of the 
Royal Botanical Gardens at New, England.” Through the 
kind codperation of the President of the American Museum of 
Natural History, this lecture was delivered in the large lecture 
hall of that institution on the evening of December 17. It was 
enjoyed by an audience of about 550 persons. 
Very respectfully submitted, 
N. L. Brirron, Secretary. 
