stable. One fire hydrant and 4 hose-taps were connected 

 with this main. In December, we received 800 feet of 

 six-inch water pipe for continuing this extension. 



Guard Rails 



Additional guard rail made of one-inch galvanized pipe 

 has been erected, as follows: along the edge of a path in 

 the Fruticetum, 270 feet; east and west of the main drive- 

 way near the lakes, 144 feet; on the path around the middle 

 lake, 600 feet; on the edge of the woods south of the lake 

 from the main road to the Boulder Bridge, 588 feet; and 

 along a path and on the edge of the woods in the Herbace- 

 ous Grounds, 344 feet. Of this, 1,014 feet were constructed 

 of one rail, and 932 feet of two rails, the posts being 6 feet 



Buildings 



Conservatory Range No. 1 has required considerable 

 repairing, and the entire exterior of the building has been 

 painted. The propagating houses required only minor 

 repairs on ventilators and doors and the exterior of all the 

 houses were painted. The plumbing of the public comfort 

 stations required a complete overhauling before they were 

 opened in April. Only minor repairs were required in 

 the barn. Small repairs have been made on carts and 

 machinery; and one new horse, one farm wagon, and two 

 carts were purchased. The expenditure for horse feed 

 has been $1114.64 during the year. The hay crop was 

 considerably less than in previous years, owing to the dry 

 season and the improvements made on the meadows. 



Grounds 



Police protection furnished by the City was the same as 

 in former years, one officer being regularly detailed to 

 patrol the Garden, except on special occasions such as 

 lectures for school children, when an extra patrolman 

 was supplied on request, for a few hours at a time. 



Owing to the vigilance of our special guards and our 



