C. The Need of Increased Funds 



It is obvious that most of the advances suggested above 

 would involve the Garden in increased expenditures, and 



all together would require markedly increased funds. It is 

 not probable that the City can be induced at present to 

 increase materially its annual appropriation, and in such 

 case recourse must be had to private gifts. In this con- 

 nection it should be borne in mind that increasing the 

 attractiveness and the value of the Garden to the lay 

 public is one of the surest ways of aiding, not only in the 

 extension of these features, but in the promotion of scien- 

 tific work. Of the suggested features some might be most 

 readily secured through special gifts, others, requiring 

 annual expenditures, through added endowment. I 

 venture to give below estimates of the cost of the several 

 items, as they seem to belong naturally to the one or the 

 other of these two groups. While differences of opinion 

 may be expected to arise in regard to the correctness of 

 these estimates, in making them I have had the advice of 

 various professional men, presumably competent in their 

 respective fields of interest. 



In the group of special gifts I would place the following 

 with estimates of their cost. Special gifts 



Laboratory building $100,000 



Equipment for laboratory building 15,000 



Formal garden near Lorillard Mansion 20,000 



Exhibition House for summer flower shows . . . 25,000 



West wing of Museum Building and equipment . 300,000 



Comprehensive plan of development of grounds . ? 



The following list of items, together with estimates of 

 their expected annual require- 



, , Increased endowment 



ments, comprises those proposed 



improvements which might best be taken care of 



through added endowment. 



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