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Resolved: That the Director-in- ee be, and he hereby is, authorized to permit 
the ee Society 0 of New one to » occupy rooms in ae Lorillard ene 
ork Bot: tanical Garden. 
Resolaeds That the Directorsin Ciel be, ‘and he ery is, authorized to equip 
the meeting of the Board of Managers held iat 17, I9I5, 
it was reported that the Bronx Society of Arts and Sciences had 
contributed $100 toward the expense of renovating rooms for 
its use and that in one of these rooms on the second floor a 
collection of paintings by American artists, loaned by the 
Metropolitan Museum of Art to the Bronx Society of Arts and 
granted at the meeting of April 15 to occupy r 
ansion as offices in a resolution adopted by ne Couneil of 
that Society on May 8, as follows: 
Resolved: That the offer of the Board of Managers of the New York Botanical 
Garden, to _ the Horticultural Society of New York to occupy rooms in the 
pare ‘ansion ices, as expressed in the ietoeae passed by that body 
n April 15, 1915, aa transmitted by the Secretary of t! ea of Managers in a 
ee 2 April 17, 1915, be and is hereby acce: jati f it! 
value, and that the thanks of the sialatcbat Society of New York be and are 
hereby extended to the Board of Managers of the New York Botanical Garden 
for heir part. 
The Horticultural Society of New York has also purchased 
office furniture for the rooms set apart for its use on the second 
The Board Room on the first floor was opened to members 
at the autumn inspection of grounds, buildings and collections 
on the afternoon of October 21, and cards admitting all members 
