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that the jurisdiction of the Botanical Society over the reservation 
set apart for its use is exclusive. 
The provisions of Section 611 of the Charter, as far as mere 
literal phraseology goes, would seem at first inference to imply 
that the assent of the landscape cae is necessary for the 
development and ornamentation of the Botanical Garden. The 
words “ Parks, squares, parkways and public places”’ by a literal 
interpretation include the Botanical Garden, yet by a strict con- 
struction of this provision of the Charter, perhape many of the 
essential aims and objects of the Botanical Society would be 
defeated. The ideas and designs of the Society and the land- 
scape architect relative to the ornamentation and development of 
the reservation might conflict, and in that event the Society 
would be compelled to subordinate its views to those of the land- 
scape architect. The architect might be able to exercise the 
power of veto over the planting of vegetation, its grouping and 
arrangement, and in this way the ends of the Society might be 
I advise you, therefore, that Section 611 of the Charter is not 
applicable to the territory embraced within the Botanical Gardens. 
[The residue of the ies relates Rigas to the Zodlogical 
Garden. ] Respectfully y 
(Signed) Joun J. Detany, 
Corporation Counsel. 
FURTHER EXPLORATIONS IN THE REPUBLIC 
OF HAITI 
Dr. N. L. Britton, DrrecTor-1n-CHIEF. 
Dear Sir: 1 submit herewith a report upon the exploration 
recently made ed myself, assisted by Mr. Norman Taylor, in the 
Republic of Hai is was a continuation of the explorations 
se in 1903, a sae of which appeared in the Journal for 
November of that 
We Vor on the Hamburg-American Line steamer 
Valdivia, arriving at Cap Haitien on July 12. The return was 
*Journ. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 4: 205. 1903. , 
