Report on the New York Botanical Garden

by Olmsted Brothers

REPORT
ON
THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN

BY

OLMSTED BROTHERS

1924

NEW YORK
1924

CONTENTS

Page
[Introduction]		[5]
[Part I. Maintenance of grounds]		[6]
[Part II. Improvements closely associated with maintenance; the making of existing features better of their kind]		[11]
	[1. Fruticetum]	[12]
	[2. Herbaceous grounds]	[12]
	[3. Border plantations]	[13]
	[4. Cherry Garden]	[13]
	[5. Means of circulation as related to the improvement of existing plantations]	[13]
	[6. Qualities generally to be sought in improving the vegetation through better maintenance]	[16]
[Part III. Improvements constituting new departures and substantially independent of Parts IV and V]		[17]
	[1. Rhododendron Glade]	[17]
	[2. Model Gardens]	[18]
	[3. Iris Garden region]	[20]
	[4. Landscape Garden]	[21]
[Part IV. Automobile through-traffic]		[25]
[Part V. Vicinity of the Museum]		[32]
[In conclusion]		[39]
[Appendix A]		[41]
[Appendix B]		[44]
[Resolution of the Board of Managers]		[47]
[Index]		[49]

REPORT ON
THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN

August, 1924

Dr. Frederic S. Lee, President,
Board of Managers,
New York Botanical Garden,
New York City.