BULLETIN 
The New York Botanical Garden 
Vol. 1. No. 4. 
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY AND DIRECTOR- 
IN-CHIEF. 
(Submitted January 9, 1899.) 
To THE Boarp oF MANAGERS oF THE New York Bo- 
TANICAL GARDEN. 
Gentlemen: I have the honor to submit herewith my re- 
port as Secretary and Director-in-Chief for the year ending 
January 9, 1899. 
Plants and Planting. 
Herbaceous Grounds, The herbaceous collection has been 
much augmented during the year, mostly by plants grown 
from seed in the nurseries. As shown by the complete list ap- 
pended to this report, there have been 2110 species and va- 
rieties, contained in 82 families, under cultivation during the 
season. This is a gain of nearly 700 species over the record 
for 1897. As was to be expected, some of those grown in 
that year proved to be not hardy in our climate, and a con- 
siderable number of annuals were not carried over, due either 
to failure of the plants to mature seed, or to failure of the seed 
to germinate. 
During the autumn, excavations were made for two of the 
pools for aquatic plants in the Herbaceous Grounds; the re- 
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