2 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 
Sales of residence property during the year were as follows: 
Lafayette Avenue Addition . . 1,883 front feet . $111,090 00 
Arsenal Street Addition : : 204 front feet. 8,215 00 
Vandeventer Avenue Addition . 620 front feet . 20,020 00 
Flora Bouleyard Subdivision : 242 front feet. 14,600 00 
$153,925 00 
The new range of greenhouses, begun in 1915, and on 
which $62,379.42 was paid that year, was completed at an 
additional expense of $9,429.73, making the total cost of 
this range $71,809.15. This is an extremely low figure for 
such a range of houses and is partially due to much of the 
work having been done by the Garden instead of through 
contract, and also to the major portion of the houses hav- 
ing been erected before the existing advance in prices of ma- 
terial and labor. If the houses had to be erected during the 
coming year, they would certainly cost from 50 to 60 per 
cent more. 
Mr. A. D. Cunningham, Secretary to the Board since its 
organization in 1889, died on December 25. For nearly 
twenty-eight years Mr. Cunningham was a faithful and con- 
scientious administrator of the business of the Board, and 
the Board wishes to formally record its appreciation of his 
services and a keen realization of its loss in his death. Mr. 
E, F. Finney has been elected Assistant Secretary. 
Three of the bequests provided for in Mr. Shaw’s will 
have been carried out: the annual flower sermon, the 
gardeners’ banquet, and the Trustees’ banquet. 
For an itemized account of the receipts and disbursements, 
your attention is called to the following statement: 
INCOME: 
MetnS 16) as a ee ee ee 
interest and dividends > 3 19,901 00 
Total Wiewme ee es Se ee 
LESS — ADMINISTRATION AND UPKEEP EXPENSES: 
Commissions on bonds and leases . . . $1,225 00 
Improvements Re ee Be a a 
Insurance Se Ree Rae ee ere ete ES 
interest paid 3 6 ee 
Legal ORNS ee 728 20 
Office RO ee ee ee 1,912 17 
Office patuunea tr oe a oe. 
RODGRE Sk 4,094 29 
SO ee ee eT 64,729 91 
$117,110 91 
ADE AP es REN eR ES re RS 
