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There was of course the usual amount of digging of holes for 

 gardening, maintenance work on lawns and walks, and the paint- 

 ing of over 900 feet of wire fence around the experimental 

 garden. 



Gardening Force 



New work accomplished during the year was as follows : 



1. Conservatory Court Gardens planted, some only temporarily, 



with Dahlias, Larkspurs and Snapdragon. 



2. Lily pool planting, the north one with tender water lilies, in- 



cluding Victoria Cruziana, and the south one with hardy 

 kinds. 



Filling in" planting among Rosales with Spiraea, Prunus, 

 etc., and in Magnoliaceae with Magnolia. 



4. Azalea Hill near terminal pool partly planted. 



5. Ten thousand Darwin Tulips, '' Gretchen," were planted in the 



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grass on the west facing slope of Crataegus Hill west of 

 the building. 



Planting in part, the formal garden north of the Children's 

 House. 



7. Replanting German Iris to make room for the Japanese Iris 



w^hich are coming as the result of our agreement with the 

 American Iris Society. 

 The gardening force, as before, was under the supervision of 

 Mr. Free, but the number of gardeners was no larger than in the 

 past. Considerable help was given by the student-scldiers in the 

 above work, however, in the course of their regularly assigned 

 practice work. 



Labelling and Record Work 



The number of labels made was as follows: 



Steel plant labels 309 



Steel family labels 66 



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Large wooden labels 51 



Small wooden labels 52 



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Large lead labels 44 



Greenhouse lead labels 80 



Total 602 



Besides many signs, notices, etc. 



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