of the Bronx River, north and east of the museum building, were built, 

 and the driveway west and north of the museum building was constructed 

 in 1904 and 1905, and during these years a large amount of path con- 

 struction was accomplished at various points in the grounds. The river 

 road, extending from the east end of the long bridge to the Newell 

 Avenue entrance, was first opened for use in November, 1907, and the 

 approach to conservatory range no. 2 was completed in 1908. 



In 1907, a beginning was made in constructing the 40-foot driveway 

 from a point near the stable southerly to the Bronx Boulevard, and 

 work on this road was continued at intervals for several years and 

 essentially completed in 191 1, but it has not been practicable yet to 

 open this driveway for use. Since 1908, work has been accomplished 

 every year on the path system in various parts of the grounds, and it is 

 now nearly completed throughout the original reservation. 



All construction has been plotted on location maps, special attention 

 having been given to thus recording the locations of water pipes and 

 drain pipes. Record photographs showing original features of the 

 grounds and the progress of planting and of construction have been 

 preserved, the earlier ones taken by Mr. Cornelius Van Brunt, then 

 Honorary Floral Photographer, and subsequent ones by Mr. George 

 V. Nash, Head Gardener. 



Pursuant to a request by the Board of Managers made November 9, 

 1914, the Board of Estimate and Apportionment of the City, on January 

 29, 1915, as authorized by an amendment to the Act of Incorporation of 

 the Garden (Chapter 473, Laws of 1914), set apart and appropriated, by 

 resolution, the portion of Bronx Park situated between the southern 

 boundary of the land appropriated for the use of the Garden by the 

 Commissioners of Public Parks in 1895, and the northern side of Pelham 

 Avenue, with the exception of three small areas retained for the use of 

 the Park Department. This additional land aggregates over 140 acres 

 and makes the total present Garden reservation nearly 400 acres, in- 

 cluding the large stone mansion on the eastern side of the Bronx River. 

 Surveys and plans for the development of this additional land are at 

 present being made and some work has been accomplished during the 

 season in grading, drainage and the building of driveways and paths, as 

 well as the care of the woodlands. 



Instruction and investigation were inaugurated in 1896 by an agree- 

 ment made with Columbia University on January 8th of that year, 

 through which the University deposited its herbarium and botanical 



