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adopted, officers elected, and plans proposed for raising the 
necessary funds. 
Soon after this the rebellion broke out, and in the clash 
of arms, the terrible anxieties of the times, and the fevered 
pursuit of wealth that followed the inflation of the currency, 
the subject of zoological gardens entirely disappeared. 
Many of those whose names appear as officially connected 
with the association, and whose purses and influence would 
now be warmly exerted in its favor, have passed away, to the 
irreparable loss of the Society. Those who remain have re- 
vived the project with every prospect of its complete ac- 
complishment. The increased wealth since the inception of 
the idea in 1859, the enlarged size of the Park, the growth 
of the city and the prospect of the Centennial, have widened 
the views of the Society and it is confidently anticipated 
that the Garden now established will equal in a few years 
the superb one of London. The strangers that will flock 
here in 1876 will one and all visit the Zoological Garden. 
In 1851, the year of the great Exhibition of London, the 
number of visitors to the Zoological Gardens increased from 
360,402 in the year before to 667,243; and in 1862, the time 
of the second and International Exhibition, it leaped from 
381,337 in 1861 to 682,205. The number has been steadily 
on the increase since its foundation. In 1863 the largest 
number up to that time, except the Exhibition years, was 
468,700, and by regular progression annually it reached in 
1871 the large amount of 595,917 persons. 
The situation of the Philadelphia Garden is most admi- 
rable in every way. Stretching along the west bank of the 
Schuylkill river for nearly a third of a mile; opposite the 
principal entrance to the Park on one side over the Girard 
Avenue bridge and the West Philadelphia. approach by 
Thirty-fifth street on the other; directly on the route to the 
Centennial Exhibition; contiguous to the great railroad 
artery of the United States, the Pennsylvania Central, a 
sideling from which will enter the receiving-house of the 
Society (marked D on the plan), and thus enable animals 
and curiosities from all parts of the United States to be car- | 
ried without change of cars directly to the Garden, or from 
the Hast Indies, China, Japan, South America and the 
Pacific islands with but one trans-shipment; while the canal 
alongside enables freights of all kinds and from any part of 
the world to be deposited at the very entrance-gates ; the 
ground rolling and fertile, rising in the centre, and suffi- 
ciently elevated to be away from the floods of the river; 
larger by some acres than the Zoological Garden of London; 
interspersed with handsome trees, many of them of noble size, 
planted by John Penn, whose family mansion, ‘ Solitude,” 
still stands (85) within the proposed inclosure, and has been 
carefully restored to its original appearance by the Society ; 
the old West Philadelphia Waterworks (20) only needing 
an engine to force the water into the lake, around which 
will be the abodes of the aquatic animals, and from whence 
the natural slope of the land will permit the irrigation of 
the whole tract; the great sewer for the use of the western 
portion of the city, now in process of construction, passing 
through the southern end of the Garden, and running along 
the bank of the river to empty below the dam; convenient 
to all parts of the city by means of the city railways and the 
Reading Railroad ;—these and many other advantages, 
which an examination of the illustration of the grounds will 
naturally suggest, produce a combination unsurpassed and 
unsurpassable any where. 
Is it exaggeration to say that the Philadelphia Zoological 

Gardens, once properly established, will be regarded with 
pride and affection by the citizens, and will very materially 
benefit the whole city? The grounds handsomely laid out 
in walks and drives, bordered with grass and flowers, terraced 
from the river; tables and chairs scattered about on the 
green sward under the trees; a band of music; the cool 
breezes from the Schuylkill; opposite, the beautiful Lemon 
Hill Park, with its broad drive alongside the bank—could 
anything be more attractive and wholesome to the hundreds 
of thousands who through the hot months are obliged to 
remain in the city? 
The advantages of a zoological garden will hardly be dis- 
puted, not only as a place of amusement, but of recreation 
and instruction, nor, with the experience of other institu- 
tions of like character, situated in cities much smaller than 
Philadelphia, will it be asserted that, if properly managed, 
it will not be not only self-supporting, but profitable. Like 
all public projects, however, it is up-hill work to procure 
the necessary funds to place it upon a solid basis. In these 
days of railroad securities and of large dividend-paying 
stocks and bonds, an immediate return is expected, and in- 
vestments in zoological stock seem to the American people 
money thrown away. Amsterdam, much smaller than 
Philadelphia, supports an admirable garden, almost rival- 
ling London. Hamburg rejoices in an excellent one, and so 
does Frankfort; and many others might be named, all less 
in size and without the trade and visitors of Philadelphia. 
London, Paris, Berlin, Vienna, and the larger cities of the 
world, as is well known, have collections of living animals 
which are the pleasure and wonder of their citizens and of 
all travellers. 
The gentlemen who were obliged to relinquish the plan 
of a zoological garden for Philadelphia upon the breaking 
out of the war, revived it again when affairs became settled, 
and in the spring of this year received the grant of land 
which has been described, and energetically proceeded to 
raise the requisite money to insure success. 
By the rules of the Society, members are elected upon ap- 
plication, and upon the payment of five dollars initiation fee 
and five dollars per annum thereafter, become entitled to 
admission to the garden and a vote in the proceedings of 
the Society, or they may commute all dues by the payment 
of fifty dollars upon election. 
It was evident to the officers of the Society that increasing 
the membership was too slow a method of achieving any 
financial success, and they adopted the following plan for 
securing money: The Society issues certificates of stock of 
$100 each, upon which they agree to pay six per cent. in 
cash, and two and a half per cent. in tickets of admission to 
the garden. The cash interest is subject to the condition 
that the income of the Society shall first be applied to the 
maintenance of its collection, and the balance only is pledged 
to the stockholders. Admission to the garden has been fixed 
at twenty-five cents for an adult, half price for children, and 
upon certain days in the week, a nominal sum. These ar- 
rangements are of course subject to change, and may be al- 
tered before the opening of the garden. Persons making 
donations to the collection receive a complimentary annual 
ticket. 
It is important for those desiring to invest in the Society’s 
stock to consider the probability of the receipts exceeding 
the expenditures, and this can be demonstrated with almost 
mathematical accuracy in favor of the Society. The main 
entrance to the garden is directly opposite to the Lands- 
