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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 of municipal appropriations and private 
funds accounts. 
5. Appendices 1- 
Respectfully submittec 

Soaks 
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C. Stuart GaGER, 
Director of the Garden. 
REPORT OF THE CURATOR OF PLANTS FOR 1917 
Dr. C. Stuart Gacer, Drrecror: 
Sir: I take pleasure in submitting my report for the year end- 
ing 31 December, 1917. 
General Maintenance and Construction Force 
The laboring force worked from 25 March to 30 November. 
During the 7 busiest weeks there were 17 laborers, for 20 weeks 
12 men, and for the remaining 9 weeks an average of nearly II 
men. In this connection I should like to draw attention to the 
following table which shows the number of labor days for each of 
the years since the Garden started. Such days are calculated on 
the number of men employed in the force multiplied by the actual 
days they worked. 
Labor Days Acres in the Garden * 
SIV WV igs EP cme ape eee ae teae SDP a 1,364 
HICH WR eettry re rer Nr nee ee 2,422 390 + 
DOT Bien fac areas sce te re Sei ca, 2,442 42 
TOW ete een Sanco ee 2,832 42 - 
TOMS tench neste st we pee Oee 50+ 
TG OMe gant tee then th Wee 3,540 50+ 
LO ete ieee see eiOn0 50+ 
From 1912 to 1916 we were occupied almost entirely with con- 
struction work and the opening up of new collections, new lawns, 
* Not necessarily indicating when acreage was added to the Garden, but 
when actual work on it was started. 
