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obtained from Mr. Ellis, has been brought to New York and 
deposited in a fireproof warehouse to await its transferral to 
the Museum Building. 
Mr. W. Bayard Cutting has been elected a member of the 
Board of Managers. 
The Endowment Fund has been increased by $10,000 by 
the generosity of Mrs. Esther Hermann. 
The Committee on Annual Members have issued a circular 
containing the provisions printed on page seven of this BuL~- 
LETIN, to about five thousand persons. 
The lectures in codperation with the American Museum of 
Natural History, inaugurated by Dr. D. Morris on Decem- 
ber 17, 1895, will be followed by others. Two are arranged 
for April: 
Lecture No. 2: ‘‘ Natural Scenery and Landscape Gar- 
dening,” by L. H. Bailey, Professor of Horticulture in Cor- 
nell University, on Saturday Evening, April 11th. 
Lecture No. 3: ‘Illustrations of the Desert Flora of South- 
ern California,” by Frederick V. Coville, Chief of the Di- 
vision of Botany, U. S. Department of Agriculture, on Satur- 
day evening, April 18th. 
