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REPORT OF THE HORTICULTURIST FOR 1941 
To THE DrrReEcTOR: 
T submit herewith my report for the year ending December 31, 
PERSONNEL 
The number of men on the gardeners’ and laborers’ payroll 
was still the same as for the past twelve vears—9 on the monthly 
payroll and 14 per diem men. 
Student Observers 
Three young men, Frank Ganz, Richard Snyder, and Albert 
Swanson, worked as student observers for a total of 217 days 
without pay (180 days more than in 1940). 
Labor paid for by Government relief organizations 
Works Progress Administration 
RAePORONS (4) 6.55 Pe bina sew Pawnee bee ke ek 333 davs 2,661 hours 
(157 days less than in 1940) 
National Vouth Administration 
TOMS area enanadid seus tecnapuewnid cueueaehenacs ounce 750 hours 
(10,770 hours less than in 1940) 
SYSTEMATIC SECTION 
live metal drums were sunk in the Polygonaceae bed to 
restrict invasive tendencies of strong-growing polygonums. 
The Crassulaceae bed was remade with new soil and new 
plants. 
HORTICULTURAL SECTION 
The careless disposition of a cigarette butt w as, we think, 
responsible for a fire in the winter covering, which destroyed 
one large (about 6 ft. x 8 ft. x 51% ft. high) and two small (about 
3 ftx5 ft.x 214 ft.) Box bushes. These were re placed by new 
bushes of similar size at a cost of $180. 
Rosk GARDEN 
Twenty-seven standard (‘‘tree’’?) roses, in seven varieties, 
were planted in the Rose Arc. 
Replacements in Rose Garden....................... 177 plants. 
New varieties (24)... 00000000 e ee. 191 plants. 
