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Private Funds.—Income from the George C. Brackett memorial 
fund, amounting to $25 annually, became available this year for 
the first time, and $17.17 has been expended for botanical books 
in English, in accordance with the expressed preference of the 
donors. In addition to endowment incomes, the Garden has re- 
ceived the sum of One Thousand Dollars by special contribution. 
The total income for the year from endowment and gifts amounted 
to $3,569.90, most of which, together with a balance of $1,817.52 
from 1912, was expended for the library, the herbarium, lantern 
slides and negatives, the publication of the Leaflets, and other 
purposes directly related to the scientific and educational work of 
the Garden. 
The Needs of the Garden 
Children’s Garden Space.—In connection with our course for 
teachers of children’s gardens, it is essential to have about one 
acre of eround to be used for experimental and for d tration 
purposes, but it would be very difficult to assign for this purpose 
so large an area from our present territory. If park lands ad- 
jacent to the Botanic Garden shall become available for Garden 
purposes, a portion of it should be devoted to this work. 
Three types of gardens are proposed: 




1. A pupil-teacher’s garden, where those who are preparing 
themselves to teach in children’s gardens may secure 
practical experience in the gardening operations to be 
later taught to others. 
2. A practice garden, where pupil-teachers may obtain their 
first experience in conducting garden classes, under the 
supervision of a competent critic. 
3. A model garden, conducted by those in charge of the 
normal course, with children chosen for their demon- 
strated ability and aptitude in gardening work. 
By this arrangement, three essential ends will be secured: (1) 
Actual experience by the prospective teacher in carrying through 
all the operations and solving all the problems that will later con- 
front the pupils; (2) An opportunity for practice work with 
classes, under expert supervision; (3) An opportunity to observe 
