APPENDIX A 



A record of actual cases giving comparative figures of maintenance labor and 

 maintenance costs. Referred to on pages 7 to o of the Report. 



We have classified this record in accordance with the three 

 classes of maintenance given on page 8 of the Report. 



It should be stated that these figures are only approximate, 

 because in some, and perhaps most, cases it was not possible to 

 eliminate all the factors that should have been eliminated or 

 to include all the factors that should have been included. How- 

 ever, they are close enough to serve as a basis for discussion and 

 estimating. Labor is figured on the basis of $4.00 for an 8-hour 

 day, 288 days in a year. The reason for not stating where the 

 various areas referred to are located is that some people preferred 

 not to have their data openly published; although none of them, 

 probably, would object to having them passed around privately. 



Class I 



In this class the labor upkeep for the year consists of the equiv- 

 alent of one man per year for ^ to 2 acres. It comprises such 

 areas as described under (e) on page 7, examples being the Rose 

 Garden, Herbaceous Garden, the gardening effects immediately 

 around Conservatory Range No. 1. 



There are about 40 acres of this class in the Garden. 



A Public Rose Garden 

 Maintenance costs 



Labor per acre per year $870.00 



Supplies and teaming per acre per year . . . 1,130.00 



Rate per year = 1.327 acres per man. 

 A Private Formal (walled-in) Garden, 



a part being a rose garden. Area 4/5 acre. 

 Rate per year = 0.53 acre per man 

 (A little teaming extra.) 

 An Herbaceous and Annual Garden, 

 for supplying cut flowers for the house. 

 Area $4. acre. 



Rate per year = 1.12 acres per man. 

 (A little teaming extra.) 



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$2,000.00 



