JOURNAL 
OF 
The New York Botanical Garden 
December, 1919 No. 240 
THE NEW GREENHOUSES PRESENTED BY MESSRS. 
DANIEL GUGGENHEIM AND 
MURRY GUGGENHEIM 
[WITH PLATES 239 AND 240] 
On April 19, 1917, in a report of the Endowment Committee 
to the Board of Managers upon the further development of the 
Garden,* record was made of the generous gifts by Messrs. 
Daniel Guggenheim and Murry Guggenheim of $50,000 each for 
the construction of the Central Display Greenhouse and an 
Orchid Greenhouse at Public Conservatory Range 2, on the 
eastern side of the grounds north of the Allerton Avenue en- 
trance. The recent completion of these elegant and useful 
structures may now be recorded. 
Soon after the gifts of money were made, working drawings and 
specifications were prepared by Mr. John R. Brinley, landscape 
engineer, and his assistant, Louis F. Bird, and the plans having 
meanwhile been approved by the Municipal Art Commission, 
bids for the structural work were submitted to contractors for 
proposals; all excavation, filling and grading, as well as driveway 
and path approaches, interior paths, tanks and brooks, benches, 
and the building of a large additional coal-bunker at the power 
house have been accomplished by mechanics and laborers working 
under the direction of Arthur J. Corbett, superintendent of 
buildings and grounds, and John Finley, foreman gardener. 
For the contract work, bids from the following firms were 
accepted: 
* Journal 18: 621-125. 
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