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The road was built jointly under the direction of Commissioner 
Eustis of the Department of Parks and of the Garden, and fur- 
nishes a most beautiful and attractive drive. The total length is. 
about three-quarters of a mile. 
The contract for the erection of the stone arch bridge across 
the Bronx River near the northern end of the garden, designed 
by Mr. John R. Brinley, was awarded by the Commissioner of 
Parks in April, to Mr. Friedrich Koopman. Work was com- 
menced by the contractor on May 26. The contract time is. 
ninety days, so it is hoped that the structure will be completed 
this autumn. The building of this bridge makes possible the 
completion of the driveways at the northern end of the garden 
on which work was begun last fall and has been continued this 
spring 
The Wild Flower Preservation Society of America has just 
published a list of its membership for the first year, including 
264 names; of these 57 are from New York City. Baltimore 
has fhe next largest membership, and a local chapter has been 
nati, Cleveland and Sandusky, Ohio ; Chicago, Crawfordsville and 
Lafayette, Indiana; and Syracuse, New York. His lecture was. 
entitled “‘ Vanishing Wild Flowers.” 
A meeting was held in the Museum building of the New York 
Botanical Garden, on Saturday evening, May 16, at 8 P. M., 
under the auspices of the Olivia and Caroline Phelps Stokes 
Fund for the Protection of Native Plants. About 150 persons 
were present, and Mr. Charles Louis Pollard delivered his lecture 
n “Vanishing Wild Flowers,’’ illustrated by colored lantern 
slides of those in need of protection. Gleanings from his exten- 
the American laurel is being still further devastated for making 
“brier-wood”’ pipes. What with Christmas decorations, pack- 
ing for fruits, and its showy flowers this plant seems destined to 
an untimely end, unless some stringent measures are taken for 
its protection. 
