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total number of species grown in this collection during the 

 year is about 3020. Maintenance and installation have re- 

 quired the time of one gardener and two laborers during the 

 cultural season. The excavation for the small lake, planned 

 for water plants at the southern end of the herbaceous grounds 

 was partly made during the fall and early winter, and may 

 be completed in the spring. 



2. Fruticetum. Little change has been effected in the 

 collection of shrubs other than by the planting of additional 

 species derived from various sources. This collection has 

 now reached a condition, however, which makes it desirable 

 to transplant, for cultural reasons, a considerable portion of it, 

 and to thus bring the groups into areas more nearly in agree- 

 ment with the plan to which we are working, than has been 

 possible while the collection has been in a formative state ; it 

 is intended to effect this rearrangement in the spring. The 

 number of species represented is 512. This collection has 

 required the attention of one gardener and one laborer for 

 about one-third of their time, but after its rearrangement, will 

 probably demand their full time, during the cultural season. 



3. Salicctum. The willow collection, established in the 

 meadows and marshes near the northern end of the grounds 

 has required little actual cultural attention ; it has been some- 

 what increased by additional species drawn from the nur- 

 series, the number now represented being 43. 



4. Arboretum. The tree collections already planted have 

 been cared for, but not materially increased during the year. 

 A considerable number of specimens of deciduous trees have 

 been moved into place east of the Bronx River, from the 

 nurseries, but it has not been practicable as yet to extend the 

 planting of conifers, this having to await the completion of 

 grading operations in the vicinity of the conservatories, and 

 it is unlikely that much of this planting can be done before 

 the spring of 1903. In this connection I take pleasure in re- 

 ferring to the generous offer of Mr. Lowell M. Palmer, of 

 Stamford, Connecticut, to present the Garden, from his very 

 extensive collection of hardy conifers, with specimens of a 



