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Decorative Plantations. 



In the decorative plantations some planting has been done 

 the past fall, although the greater part of this work must 

 await the completion of the paths and roads in the vicinity of 

 the large buildings. Owing to a change in grade in the 

 vicinity of the road fountain in front of the museum, it has 

 been necessary to temporarily dispense with the bed which 

 was devoted to the honeysuckle family. The shrubs con- 

 tained in this bed were transferred to two others, the larger 

 portion going to the new bed opposite that containing the 

 spiraeas, the remaining viburnums serving to partially fill the 

 beds in the triangle. 



Along the west border considerable planting of herbaceous 

 perennials was effected in the spring, many of the gaps of 

 the preceding year being acceptably filled with desirable 

 material from the west nursery. 



Systematic Plantations. 



Herbaceous Grounds. The greatest increase in species 

 has been in this plantation, where there have been grown 

 during the past year 3,012 species. This is an increase of 

 more than 500 species over the number of the previous year. 

 Many other species are being tested in the trial grounds at 

 the nursery, and such as prove themselves adapted to our 

 climate will be transplanted in the spring, greatly augment- 

 ing the representation in this collection. 



A part of the re-arrangement of the beds here, necessitated 

 by this large accession of new species, was completed during 

 the fall. Beds of the Knotweed Family were enlarged, as 

 were those of the Pink, Crowfoot, Barberry, Orpine, Rose, 

 Geranium, Phlox, Mint, Bell-flower, Thistle, Fern, Lily and 

 Iris families. New beds were added to the Saxifrage, Milk- 

 weed, Mint and Lily families. The bed formerly devoted 

 to the Vervain family was transferred to the Mint family and 

 the former moved to a smaller bed to the north. The bed 

 previously containing the Potato family was also absorbed 

 by the rapidly increasing collection of the Mint family and 



