and trees, planted in the fall of 1895, was transplanted to the 
borders, some of them planted to remain there permanently, 
but most of them ultimately to go into place in the Fruticetum 
and Arboretum. It is designed to suitably label these in the 
spring, so that they may be conveniently studied by visitors. 
The ground thus relieved will be devoted to herbaceous plants 
during the next season. 
Borders. The border plantations along the New York 
and Harlem Railroad and the eastern and northeastern sides 
of the grounds have been cultivated, kept free of weeds, and 
where trees and shrubs had failed they have been replaced. 
The plants made good growth during the season, and already 
screen the trains from the grounds along a considerable por- 
tion of the western border. The planting is so arranged, 
however, that, with suitable thinning, vistas into the grounds 
from the railway will be provided. 
flerbaceous Grounds. The planting of the herbaceous 
grounds, in accordance with the plan adopted, was begun in 
April and continued throughout the season. The beds for 
the different families of plants were dug in such a way as to 
provide a place for each family, of which representative spe- 
cies had been secured, and only about enough ground to 
provide space for the species in hand was dug for each fam- 
ily. Some 1,500 species, the majority of them perennials, 
were collected in the tract during the year, and most of them 
flowered. They were provided with stake labels, giving the 
common name, botanical name, and native country, and were 
visited and studied by many people during the summer and 
autumn. The greensward around and between the beds was 
mowed with a one-horse mowing machine, provided with a 
heavy roller, at intervals of about ten days, and the inequali- 
ties of the surface have been leveled, and the rough places 
have been graded and sown. The drainage of the area has 
been brought under satisfactory control by lowering the out- 
let of the central stream at the southern end. The rough 
stone wall at the eastern side of the grounds, where it joins 
the forest reserve, has been broken up, the stones removed 
