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Accompanying Papers 
The following papers and documents are appended as a part 
of this report: 
1. Annual report of the curator of plants. 
2. Annual report of the curator of public instruction. 
3. Annual report of the librarian. 
_ 4. Financial statements covering municipal appropriations and 
private funds. 
5. Appendices I-11. 
Respectfully submitted, 
C. Sruart GAGER, 
Director of the Garden. 
REPORT OF THE CURATOR OF PLANTS FOR 10915 
Dr. C. Stuart Gacer, DIrEcTOR. 
Sir: I take pleasure in submitting my report as curator of 
plants for the year ending December 31, 1915. 
General Maintenance and Construction Force 
Work started on March 17, the same date as for the preceding 
two years, and was stopped for lack of funds, on November 5, 
nine days earlier than last year. The men could have been kept 
busy to advantage throughout the remainder of the year. During 
12 of the busiest weeks we employed 20-22 men, for 10 weeks, 
II-18 men, and for 12 weeks 3-9 men. Actual maintenance 
work, as in previous years, has suffered because of new construc- 
tion work, and with the largely increased area of lawns, put down 
this year, the maintenance problem will be acute during 1916 
unless we can add to the force for that purpose. Deducting one 
or two men for guard duty near the Japanese garden and other 
miscellaneous work, leaves this force rather short-handed. 
New work done during the year includes the following: Mak- 
ing gateway and roadway near the Eastern Parkway entrance; 
grading on new addition along Flatbush Avenue, for site of fence, 
afterwards erected by the J. L. Mott Iron Works; a good deal 
of cleaning up and path surfacing in and near the Japanese gar- 
