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night nor before six o'clock in the morning except upon driveways and 

 paths designated for their use between those hours. The garden is also 

 protected by all the city ordinances referring to the park system. (Descrip- 

 tive Guide to the Grounds, Buildings and Collections of the New York Botanical 

 Garden, June 1920, pages 211-212.) 



In most cities possessing botanical gardens the regular uniformed police 

 and plain-clothes men aid in enforcing the rules and regulations. But this 

 service is likely to be inadequate, necessitating the employment of special 

 guards and at stated times the use of regular employees for guard pur- 

 poses. Doubtless the best results can be obtained by each garden having 

 its own guard force, supplemented by swearing in the more intelligent and 

 reliable gardeners and laborers as peace officers. 



Every botanic garden should be surrounded by a strong, high, woven 

 wire or iron picket fence, and all roadways and walks should be brightly 

 lighted. These two features are of the highest importance from the stand- 

 point of policing. 



NOTES ON FINANCING BOTANICAL GARDENS 



1. Botanical Garden oj Harvard University. Harvard University Botan- 

 ical Garden is not supported directly by the university funds but through 

 gifts made especially for the purpose. There is an endowment of about 

 $5,000 a year. Beyond this, the income depends on annual gifts with slight 

 special gifts for special purposes. For the period 1923-1926 annual expend- 

 itures have averaged about $12,000. 



2. Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. The financing of this 

 great arboretum began when the trustees of the estate of James Arnold 

 turned over a bequest of $100,000 to the president and fellows of Harvard 

 University on condition that they would establish an arboretum and devote 

 to that purpose a part of a farm that had previously been donated to the 

 university by Mr. Benjamin Bussey. The university subsequently added 

 other parts of the Bussey farm to the area of the arboretum, and the City 

 of Boston made additions to the area. The City of Boston, through the 

 park department, constructed and maintains the system of driveways and 

 walks throughout the arboretum and bears the expense of policing the area. 



3. The Missouri Botanical Garden. This garden, established by Mr. 

 Henry Shaw and maintained by him until his death in 1889, has since that 

 date been financed from the income of the endowment established by him 

 for that purpose. The appraised value of the endowment property at the 

 time of Mr. Shaw's death was not far from $1,333,000. In 1903 it was 

 carried on the books at a value of $1,588,274.60. 



4. Buffalo Botanical Garden. This garden was established through the 



