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The construction of the temporary railway was begun 
September 1, 1896, and is now so far completed that trains 
are running over it nearly to the eastern side of the Garden. 
Annual [Members and Fellows. 
Upon the invitation of the Committee on Patrons, Fellows 
and Annual Members, 443 persons have qualified as Annual 
Members, under the conditions established by the Board of 
Managers on March 4th and May 5th, 1896, and four per- 
sons have qualified as Fellows. 
Library. 
The formation of a library has been begun by the receipt 
of numerous books and pamphlets, as recorded in the sched- 
ules appended to this report. 
Museums and Herbarium. 
The material accumulated during the year for the museums 
and herbarium is also tabulated in an appendix to this report. 
It has not been definitely divided into specimens for the mu- 
seums and for the herbarium, from the fact that the material 
has mostly been stored, and until cases are ready for its re- 
ception, it is not possible to determine just what portions of it 
will be finally placed in the one and what in the other. 
Lectures. 
In codperation with the American Museum of Natural 
History, two lectures were delivered in April, 1896, before 
appreciative audiences, in the large lecture hall of the Museum, 
as follows: 
April r1rth, ‘‘ Natural Scenery and Landscape Gardening,” 
by Professor L. H. Bailey, of Cornell University. 
April 18th, ‘Illustrations of the Desert Flora of Southern 
California,” by Frederick V. Coville, of the U. S. Depart- 
ment of Agriculture. 
Bulletin. 
The publication of a BULLETIN, authorized by the Board of 
Managers, was begun by the issuing of the first number, a 
pamphlet of 21 pages with an outline map of the site, to all 
