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weather one apprentice and the laborer were withdrawn and 

 their services used elsewhere. Early in the summer the 

 larger part of the plants were removed from the houses and 

 plunged in the soil in partial shade. This considerably re- 

 duced the amount of work necessary for their care and at 

 the same time benefited the plants, which were again trans- 

 ferred to the houses before danger of frost. 



The herbaceous grounds have required the services of one 

 foreman and two laborers. This force has attended to all 

 the gardening in this tract, and has done with hand-machines 

 all the mowing which it was impossible to accomplish with 

 the horse-mower. The viticetum was also kept in shape by 

 these men. 



To one foreman and three laborers was confided the care 

 of the lawns, including such mowing as could not be done 

 with the horse-mower; the west border, as far as the lake; 

 and the beds of shrubbery and the circles around the trees 

 and shrubs in the area lying between the Southern Boulevard 

 and the museum. Such time as was not thus employed was 

 devoted to the care of the fruticetum and the arboretum, in- 

 cluding the pinetum. One gardener and a laborer were 

 reserved as a movable factor, and their services used where 

 most needed ; they were employed a part of the time in caring 

 for the west border north of the lake and for the north border ; 

 in miscellaneous scythe-work : in removing brush ; and in 

 helping with the care of the fruticetum and the arboretum. 

 The driver with a horse, wagon and mower, detailed to my 

 department, was employed in keeping the lawns mowed in 

 the neighborhood of the museum and conservatories and the 

 areas along the main driveways, excepting such portions as 

 required mowing by hand machines ; and in hauling supplies 

 for the conservatories and propagating houses, moving plants 

 back and forth between these buildings, and removing rubbish 

 from plantations and buildings. 



The usual mulching of beds and trees and shrubs has been 

 attended to ; the raking and piling of leaves for the produc- 

 tion of leaf-mold is in progress at such times as the weather 



