Deane- 2. 



ceeding #500 for preparing a botanical flora of the reservations" 



Extract from the records of the meeting of the metropolitan 



park commission held June 12th, 1895. 



"Ordered;- that the sum of $250 he appropriated to con- 

 tinue the "botanical work in the reservations until January 1st, 

 1896; said work to he under the direction of the landscape archi- 

 tects" . 



Extract from the records of the meeting of the metropoli- 

 tan park commission held February 28th, 1895. 



"Ordered;- that a thousand copies of the list prepared by 

 Prof. Walter Deane be printed and bound in paper covers at an 

 expense not exceeding 1200". 



Extract from the records of the meeting of the metropoli- 

 tan park commission held March 11th, 1895. 



"Ordered;- that the appropriation for printing the flora of 

 the reservations be increased from $200 to #350". 



And then some account of the growth of the work- how Mr. 

 Manning of our office organized the botanical explorations, start- 

 ed the collections, etc. and how you edited the results. After 

 the meeting on Wednesday I shall write you again. 

 Yours truly, 



toCAur\ 



