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features, which with the botanical features, are being collated for 
publication. 
Respectfully submitted, 
D. T. Ma GAL, 
Assistant Director. 
THE OLIVIA AND CAROLINE PHELPS STOKES 
FUND FOR THE PROTECTION OF NATIVE 
PLANTS. 
Under a resolution of the Scientific Directors of the New York 
Botanical Garden, adopted in January, 1902, authority was given 
for the use of the income of the Stokes Fund for the payment of 
prizes for essays upon the preservation of wild plants, including 
shrubs, herbs and trees, and the publication and distribution of 
such essays, which are to be first printed in the Journal of the 
Garden, and republication of them invited from other journals, 
magazines and newspapers ; that they also be issued as separates 
from the Journal and distributed gratuitously to all interested. 
The following prizes are offered for this year, payable Decem- 
ber 15: 
1. A prize of $25.00 for the best essay on local needs in the 
vicinity of New York City, not to exceed one thousand words. 
2. A prize of $15.00 for the best essay indicating local needs 
in the parks of New York, not to exceed one thousand words. 
3. A prize of $10.00 for the best essay not to exceed five 
hundred words, indicating needs of any locality. 
Essays may be submitted not later than November 1, 1905, 
to the Director-in-Chief of the New York Botanical Garden 
N. L. Britt 
oan Chief. 
