1. Exploration Fund. The obtaining of plants and of speci- 

 mens of their products from distant regions little known botan- 

 ically for public display and for expert study, is one of the most 

 important duties of the Garden ; a fund not less than #250,000, 

 yielding $ 10,000 or $ 12,000 annually, is needed. 



2. Horticultural Fun I — la order to develop horticultural 

 work, to promptly secure and exhibit all horticultural novelties, 

 to investigate horticultural problems, to establish and maintain 

 decorative plantations, a fund not less than $ 100,000 is needed 

 to yield at least $4,000 or $5,000 annually. 



3. Library Fund. The Library has been built up by gifts from 

 friends of the Garden and is now a noteworthy collection of 

 botanical and horticultural literature. To render it more com- 

 plete and to permit the purchase of all books published on botany 

 and horticulture, a fund of $50,000, yielding about $2,000 a year, 



otherwise interesting and valuable plants for the public conserva- 

 tories whenever offered by dealers or collectors.a fund of §50,000 

 is required, to yield about $2,000 annually. 



5. Herbarium Fund. The herbarium is the most important of 

 the permanent scientific collections of the Garden, because it pro- 

 vides the necessary means for determining the names, features 

 and relationships of plants. It should be continually increased 

 by the purchase of specimens from collectors all over the world, 

 and a fund of $50,000, to yield about $2,000 a year, should be 



6. The Lecture Fund. Public lectures on botanical and horti- 

 cultural topics are important educational factors, and the lecture 

 hall in the M'useum Building is provided for this purpose. Money 

 for the preparation of illustrations and the payment of lecturers 

 additional to members of the curatorial staff of the Garden is 

 needed, in order that at least one public lecture a week through- 



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