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enthusiasm with which the undertaking, almost 
unknown as yet, has been received, would warrant 
the belief that this will be contributed. The 
Board, however, determined that it would proceed 
at once with the funds in hand, and has been 
expending them, it believes, economically and judi- 
ciously, a statement of which will appear in its 
proper place in this report. 
II. JhE pARDEN J^T j^AIRMOUNT -pARK. 
I. Permanent Improvements. 
Upon June 5th, 1873, lease of the land 
to constitute the future Garden of the Society 
was executed by the Commissioners of Fairmount 
Park and your Officers, and the Board took 
immediate possession. The financial resources of 
the Society being extremely limited, and it being 
the opinion of the Managers that a commence- 
ment should be made, a third of the ground was 
enclosed with a temporary fence, and contracts 
entered into for its improvement, and as sub- 
scriptions to the stock have continued, further 
alterations have progressed. A careful survey was 
made under the supervision of Mr. H. J. Schwarz- 
mann, the Chief Engineer of the Society, and a 
plan prepared for the laying out of the whole 
tract, which has been adopted by the Board, 
and which has been generally followed in the 
work done in the Garden. A copy of this plan 
is herewith attached. Drains, and water pipes to 
connect with the city mains, have been laid; the 
