Class I
In this class the labor upkeep for the year consists of the equivalent of one man per year for ²⁄₃ 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 |
| $2,000.00 |
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 ³⁄₄ acre.
Rate per year = 1.12 acres per man.
(A little teaming extra.)
A Public City Park, of a highly ornate and sophisticated kind, comprising ornamental trees and shrubs, hand-mown lawns, “bedding-out,” statues, pools, and so on.
Area 24 acres.
Maintenance costs
| Labor per acre per year | $906.40 |
| Supplies and teaming per acre per year | 154.00 |
| $1,060.40 |
Rate per year = 1.272 acres per man.
A Public Herbaceous Garden
Area 4 acres, about half of which is lawn.
Maintenance costs
| Labor per acre per year | $1,060.00 |
| Supplies and teaming per acre per year | 375.00 |
| $1,435.00 |
Rate per year = 1.087 acres per man.