JOURNAL 
OF 
The New York Botanical Garden 
Vo. I. September, 1900. No. 9. 
SOME VALUABLE PLANTS FOR THE CONSERVA- 
TORIES, THE GIFT OF MISS HELEN GOULD 
At the country home of Miss Helen Gould, situated between 
Irvington and Tarrytown and overlooking the Hudson from its 
eastern bank, is to be found one of the finest private collections 
of plants in this country. Under the able management o 
Mangold, the gardener, who has had it in charge for many years, 
ants. From this wealth of material Miss Gou as gener- 
ously presented to the Garden during the past month a large 
collection, embracing about 230 aia These are widely rep- 
resentative, furnishing examples of many extreme forms and from 
many lands. This will be better sprite when it is known 
that 36 families, 64 genera and about 102 species are included. 
In abotanical garden probably the most difficult plants to obtain 
and ead represent are the palms, for while many other plants 
y be grown in a comparatively short time, the palms require 
i to ee an eHective showing. We have been greatly aided 
by Mi g some of these most interesting members 
of a al vegetation, some of the specimens presented being 
very large and symmetrical. Four of them are from 25 to 30 feet 
high, and make an imposing appearance, even in our large central 
A tree of Dictyosperma album about 18 feet high and a pair of 
