JOURNAL 
OF 
The New York Botanical Garden 
VoL. XI October, 1910. No. 130. 
THE DARIUS OGDEN MILLS FUND. 
The treasurer of the Garden received early in the year from 
the executors of the estate of the late Mr. Darius Ogden Mills, 
bequeathed by Mr. Mills. At the meeting of the Board of 
Managers, held April 18, 1910, in mania the receipt of 
this money, the following resolution was adop 
Resolved: That in memory o r. Mills, ee in dappieanton 
of his services to the Garden as ae of the Board of 
Managers, this gift of $50,000 be, and is hereby designated the 
Darius ODGEN MILLs FuND 
At the meeting of the Board on October 19, 1910, on recom- 
mendation of the Scientific Directors, the following initial appro- 
priations were made from the income of this fund: 
1. For the purchase of plants, $500. This appropriation will 
be expended for plants desired for the grounds at a number of 
different places. 
2. For exploration and collecting, $500. This will enable the 
Scientific Directors to continue the work of botanical exploration 
in the West Indies, it being planned to send a collector again to 
uba. 
N. L. Britton, 
Secretary. 
