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Barbed Wire 
It is a somewhat disturbing commentary upon our efforts to 
beautify the Garden that when special collections or areas are 
brought to as near perfection as our funds will permit they 
almost immediately become the target for thoughtless, or in 
some cases deliberate, vandalism. While we have encouraged 
the use of the lawns for that leisurely walking through the 
collections which it is one of our prime objects to promote, we 
are constantly forced to protect special points which appeal to 
that section of our visitors who see in the Garden nothing but a 
playground,—and a rather primitive playground. Unchecked, 
such vandalism destroys what we have been trying all these 
years to create, and to guard what has been accomplished, to 
preserve for that other section of the public who do appreciate 
the difference between a playground and a garden, we have put 
barbed wire fences at certain strategic points. It is a somewhat 
hideous method of preserving the beauty of the Garden, and I 
call attention to it here, not because the problem is new, but on 
account of the importance of it and its extent. Perhaps the 
best indication of the latter is the fact that we erected over 2,000 
feet of barbed wire fencing this year. And much more was put 
up in previous years. 
Labor Conditions 
With something over forty acres in need of constant attention, 
the number of laborers during the growing season was as follows: 
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Total effective men for general work on the grounds..... 7 
With only seven men for lawn mowing and all the scores of 
odd jobs of construction, repair and replacement, for the digging 
of holes for the gardeners, occasional guard duty, and other 
work, it is obvious that we need at least ten or twelve men for 
