TWENTIETH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. 37 



are shown comparatively in the appended diagram (L). The 

 size and fluctuations in the largest item, for maintenance of the 

 Garden itself, are especially instructive. During the first years 

 of administration, owing to a large arrearage of deferred re- 

 pairs, this item stood at about $30,000.00 a year, from which, 

 by 1892, some $8,500.00 had been subtracted. The next two 

 years saw a further reduction of about $1,700.00 each, 

 chiefly through better organization and greater intelligence in 



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MAINTENANCE EXPENSES. 



the help employed. The minimum, of $18,500.00 to $20,000.00, 

 was maintained until 1899, notwithstanding the adtUtion of a 

 small plant house and provision for increased use of city water 

 in 1894* and 1895,t and a considerable enlargement of the ordi- 

 nary plant houses in 1897. J Further additions to the houses 



* Rept. Mo. Bot. Card. 6 :14. 

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