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Needs of the Garden 
Increased Mumcipal Appropriation for Maintenance-—The 
preceding paragraph, and an analysis of the appended financial 
statement, clearly indicate that the annual City appropriations for 
maintenance are not adequate to meet the needs of the Garden. 
ey are not even sufficient to secure proper upkeep of the prop- 
erty and care of the grounds, not to mention the requirements 
of reasonable increases in salaries and a normal, healthy expan- 
sion of our work. The need will be still further increased in 
1916 by the fact of our having a larger area, and a much greater 
percentage of it in lawn, laid out in beds, and planted with trees 
and shrubs which require cultivation. 
Increased Endowment—From the appended financial state- 
ment of private funds accounts, it will be seen that the expendi- 
tures from all accounts, omitting the Japanese Garden, give a 
total of $15,308.46. The total expenditure for 1915 is nearly 
equivalent to the income, at 4 per cent. on $400,000. Our present 
endowment is $125,500. Proper regard for the expansion of our 
educational work commensurate with the growing demands and 
the present need for it, and for the development of our scientific 
work commensurate with its importance, makes it self-evident 
that the Garden should as soon as possible have an endowment 
fund sufficient to insure an annual income of at least $25,000, the 
interest at 5 per cent. on a principal of $500,000. 
Nursery and Experimental Plot—In the plans which have been 
adopted for the development of our present property, provision 
is made for only a small plot for nursery and experimental pur- 
poses. The present requirements of our plantations have made 
this necessary ; but it is only a question of a very few years before 
we shall have to have a larger nursery and experimental plot, 
or else curtail our public exhibits and our scientific work. The 
comparatively small size of the Garden, and its location between 
“four much travelled thoroughfares, render it extremely difficult 
to locate a service yard of adequate size and properly screened 
from public view. 
Sabbatical Year and Service Pensions —Attention may again 
be called to two needs which should be provided for as soon as 
