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tional institutions, subject to the regulations of the Garden 
authorities. 
4. That students studying at the Garden who are not ma- 
triculated students of Columbia College or of any other col- 
lege, may be admitted without charge, on the request of the 
authorities of the Garden, to such courses at Columbia as said 
authorities may recommend and the College approve. 
5. That the Columbia Library and Herbarium and all 
accessions thereto made by the College or in its behalf, while 
on deposit at the Garden shall be kept distinguishable from 
the Library and Herbarium of the Garden, by such means as 
shall be approved by the College, so as to be easily separable 
in case of removal. 
6. That Columbia College reserves the right to retain or 
to recall at any time so much of its Herbarium and Botanical 
Library as it may deem necessary for use in undergraduate 
instruction. 
7. That either party may terminate this arrangement on 
one year’s notice to the other. 
RECENT PROGRESS. 
The Committee on Plans have submitted specifications for 
the Museum Building to eight firms of architects, and have 
called for plans and estimates from them not later than May 
15th. They have commissioned three other firms to submit 
plans and estimates for the first horticultural house at the same 
time. They have made progress with the general plan for 
the development of the tract, and have arranged for the plant- 
ing of a screen of trees along the northern side of the Garden, 
bordering the New York and Harlem Railroad, during the 
present month. 
The Board of Managers, on the recommendation of the 
Scientific Directors, have purchased the extensive herbarium 
of Mr. J. B. Ellis, of Newfield, N. J., containing some 75,000 
specimens of fungi. This valuable and unique collection, 
together with a considerable number of botanical books, also 
