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drainage of stagnant pools, much of which work had already been 
accomplished during the winter; also that the present use of 
ooms in th i i 
ing as offices. The recommendations were approved and the 
sie resolutions were adopted: 
esolv t a survey and plans for development of the 
ae area be obtained from the landscape engineer before 
any considerable amount of construction or planting be under- 
aken. 
Resolved: That the director-in-chief be, and he hereby is, 
authorized to continue the permission formerly given the Bronx 
Mansion for museum purposes, 7 otherwise instructed, it 
being understood that no ex ly connected with such 
museum shall be borne by The New York Botanical irl 
Resolved: That the director-i -in-chief be, and he Bate is, 
instructed, it being understood that no expenses directly con- 
nected with such occupancy shall be borne by The New York 
Botanical Garden 
N. L. Britton, 
Secretary. 
IV 
This action by the city places the whole of Bronx Park north of 
Pelham Avenue within the management and control of the 
areas being reserved for the use of t rtment of the 
Borough of The Bronx. The original reservation established in 
1895 included 250 acres; the present grant s r 140 acres, 
and thus the largest botanical garden in the temperate zones. 
