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is largely dependent upon private funds. For the extension of 
this work and its maintenance at a high standard of excellence 
our needs are greatly in excess of our resources. Receipts from 
membership dues are applied primarily to these phases of the 
Garden’s activities, 
“If you believe that the Botanic Garden is rendering a desir- 
able and useful service to science, to education, and to society, you 
will be cordially welcomed to any of the classes of membership 
indicated on the reverse of this card.” 
The response to the invitations has been encouraging, especially 
in consideration of the fact that the country in general is now 
passing through one of the worst periods of industrial depression 
in its history, and is at present a field for more appeals to public 
spirit than ever before, on account of the suffering entailed by the 
European war, and the unfortunate financial situation. Up to 
June 15 there were enrolled three life members, ten sustaining 
members and fifty-eight annual members. There have also been 
enrolled twelve sustaining members, taken out through the De- 
partment of Education, and thus entitled to the membership 
privileges extended by the Garden and the Museum. 
OPENING OF THE JAPANESE GARDEN 
On Friday afternoon, May 7, from 4 until 6, the trustees and 
their friends, and the members of the Garden enjoyed a pre- 
liminary inspection of the new Japanese Garden, a gift to the 
city by the chairman of the committee on Botanic Garden. The 
day was cloudy, and toward the close somewhat foggy. This 
resulted in a slightly smaller attendance than would otherwise 
have been the case, but the character of the day rather added 
to the effectiveness of the view of the garden. 
Tea was served in the tea house, Mrs. Alfred T. White, and 
Mrs. William A. Putnam pouring. Two Japanese women in 
native costume assisted in serving. The bronze storks, and the 
articles for the Inari shrine were on view for the first time, and 
two paths, one over the crest of the hill, west of the water-falls 
and temple, and the other around the north border of the lake, 
were open for the first time. 
