REPORTS FOR THE YEAR 1898. 
REPORT OF THE OFFICERS OF THE BOARD. 
SUBMITTED TO THE TRUSTEES JANUARY 11, 1899. 
To the Board of Trustees of the Missouri Botanical Garden: 
We herewith present the financial results for the year 
ending December 31, 1898. 
Our income from rentals continues to show a steady 
increase, being $1,094.61 in excess of those of 1897, and 
a still further increase is expected during the ensuing year. 
Several buildings vacated during the year have been 
thoroughly repaired and tenants secured and the condition 
of nearly all the properties of the Trust has been im- 
proved, the vacancies are fewer in number than for several 
years past and no reductions in rent are demanded or 
anticipated. 
The improvement of Flora Avenue has been completed 
upon the plans mentioned in our last report, including 
the erection of a magnificent entrance, costing $9,500, 
on Grand avenue to Flora Boulevard, which furnishes a 
splendid double driveway with a park place in the center fifty 
feet wide and running the full length of the avenue 4,440 
feet directly to the main entrance to the Missouri Botanical 
Garden. These improvements were made jointly by the 
owners of the property on the south side and the Board, 
costing in all $103,909.00, our proportion being $44,- 
840.78, which has all been paid for, in part out of our 
surplus. 
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