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the continuing- c()()])cration of Captain Bernard C. Downs and his 

 men of the 74th Precinct. 



A guard at each of our entrances, on continuous dut_\' whenever 

 the ^'rounds are oi)en to the ])ul)Hc, is nne of our most urc'cut 

 needs. The Police l)e])artnient has assigned patrohnen. and ]dain 

 clothes men, Init whenever there is a i)uhlic event (a jiarade, a 

 welcoming of " hertx's," etc.) re([uiring a large additional force of 

 patrolmen, in Brooklxn or Alanhattan, the B)otanic (jarden is left 

 with only one ]M)lice officer (sometimes none) to cover 50 acres 

 at times when jirotection is most needed. When the attendance is 

 small, guards and ])olicemen ai'c needed chiefly to look after the 

 gardens, for \-andalism is donhh' eas\' when no one is looking; 

 the Shrine in the Ja]ianese Garden was hurned on one ol the days 

 of smallest attendance. When the crowds arc large, guards and 

 policemen are needed to look after hoth the gardens and the people. 



Experience clcarlv shows that most of our vandalism would l)e 

 stopped at its source if we had guards at our gates at all times 

 when the (lardcn is open to the puhlic. 



A'alioiial You I It Adinim'stration 



Dindng 1938, we had four girls w'orking for hoth the lihrarian 

 and the custodian: one worked for lour months ( Ma\' to 

 .August), 156 hours: one two days in June, 14 hours; two 14 

 months (June through Decemher), 596 hour.s — a total of 766 

 hours. On the ])lantations, tinder supervision of the horticulturist, 

 there were 32 ^•oung men. who worked a total of 9872 hours. 

 On the hasis of an eight-hour da}-, the total for hoth groups 

 (10,638 hours) is ap]:)roximatel\- 1330 days. 



Horticultural Society of New York 



At the annual meeting of the Hoard of Directors of the Horti- 

 cultural Society of New York, on January 12, Dr. Oager was re- 

 elected a memher for (he customary term of three years. Mr. 

 Richardson Whdght was re-elected chairman, and Dr. Gager was 

 elected to the newl\- created office of vice-chairman of the Board. 



