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years collecting on the part of the Garden’s agent in Germany, and 
the missing volumes of several important sets of periodicals have 
been obtained, notably some Dutch and Scandinavian series that, 
having been originally issued in small editions, are now difficult 
to procure. Saunders’ ‘“ Refugium Botanicum,” 1860, has also 
recently been purchased, the colored plates of which are im- 
portant botanically as well as valuable and costly. 
The horticultural department of the library is being slowly de- 
veloped, but horticultural books are fairly difficult to collect. 
The periodicals in that line especially are not easy to find, and are 
becoming more desirable every year. he Garden Library has 
received during the year a set of the great French serial, ‘La 
Revue Horticole,” which is complete except for a few of the early 
volumes. 
The rapid increase in the number of the books has necessitated 
additional shelves which are in course of construction and which 
are to be put in place some time during the early winter. 
Anna Murray VAIL. 
DRIVEWAYS, PATHS AND GRADING. 
Construction work is going forward this fall at a number of 
points on the grounds preparatory to the extensive planting oper- 
ations planned for next year. The building of the driveway and 
path system about the conservatories is nearly completed, and 
the grading, top-soiling, sowing and sodding of the land west and 
north of the conservatories, including the final shaping of part of 
the terrace on which they stand will be essentially finished before 
winter. 
The path encircling the herbaceous garden has been partly 
completed, its Telford foundations having been mainly laid dur- 
ing 1901, and used as a road this past summer to cart stone over 
during the building of the new driveway through the woods to 
Pelham Avenue. This driveway is now being surfaced and will 
probably be opened for use during November ; it will add a very 
attractive feature. The path, now relieved from heavy cartage, is 
being surfaced; at the same time it is being connected with the 
paths from the museum and conservatories by the building of 
about 200 feet of path needed to make these connections. 
