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drainage of stagnant pools, much of which work had already been 

 accomplished during the winter; also that the present use of 

 rooms in the Lorillard Mansion by the Bronx Society of Arts 

 and Sciences be continued, and that the Horticultural Society 

 of New York be permitted to occupy certain rooms in the build- 

 ing as offices. The recommendations were approved and the 

 following resolutions were adopted : 



Resolved: That a survey and plans for development of the 

 additional area be obtained from the landscape engineer before 

 any considerable amount of construction or planting be under- 

 taken. 



Resolved: That the director-in-chief be, and he hereby is, 

 authorized to continue the permission formerly given the Bronx 

 Society of Arts and Sciences by the Commissioner of Parks of 

 the Borough of the Bronx to occupy a portion of the Lorillard 

 Mansion for museum purposes, until otherwise instructed, it 

 being understood that no expenses directly connected with such 

 museum shall be borne by The New York Botanical Garden. 



Resolved: That the director-in-chief be, and he hereby is, 

 authorized to permit the Horticultural Society of New York to 

 occupy rooms in the Lorillard Mansion as offices, until otherwise 

 instructed, it being understood that no expenses directly con- 

 nected with such occupancy shall be borne by The New York 

 Botanical Garden. 



N. L. Britton, 



Secretary. 

 IV 



This action by the city places the whole of Bronx Park north of 

 Pelham Avenue within the management and control of the 

 New York Botanical Garden, with the exception of three parcels 

 of land east of the Bronx River, on which stand the greenhouses, 

 barn, the old snuff-mill used as a shop, and a band stand, these 

 areas being reserved for the use of the Park Department of the 

 Borough of The Bronx. The original reservation established in 

 1895 included 250 acres; the present grant adds over 140 acres, 

 making the total area of the Botanical Garden nearly 400 acres, 

 and thus the largest botanical garden in the temperate zones. 



