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Additional pines also were planted in the background of 
these plantations during the fall. 
Privet hedge around children’s gardens; on the west side of 
building and greenhouses; on the top of esplanade terraces 
at southerly end; at entrance to service gate and vicinity. 
New beds for Japanese Iris in Japanese Garden, and stepping 
stone walks through same. 
Rearrangement of plants and making new beds in the Com- 
positae, Campanulaceae, Dipsaceae and Cucurbitaceae in 
the systematic collections, to conform to the revised plan 
of t February, rgro6. ! 
Rearrangements of plants and making new beds for Caryo- 
phyllaceae and related families near Magnoliaceae. 
Filling in with decorative shrubbery planting the families 
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Berberidaceae, Lardizabalaceae, Menispermaceae, Mag- 
noliaceae, etc., with closely related plants, according to a 
scheme approved by the consulting landscape architect. 
. Azalea and Clethra planting south of Rock Garden, and 
Malus north of it. 
. Austrian Pine plantation on East side of Lake. 
Maple and plane trees planted on triangular piece of land 
belonging to Fire Department bordered by Washington 
Avenue and Brighton Beach cut (for part of our screen 
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There has been a good deal of new planting in collections 
already opened up, particularly in the Iris Garden. The seed list 
has been issued as usual. ‘The supervision of this work has been 
by the head gardener, Mr. Free, upon whom also has fallen the 
major part of the instruction of disabled soldiers, described else- 
where. Among plants from the alpine summits of the north- 
eastern United States brought into the Garden collection as the 
result of collecting trips by myself or Mr. Free were the Lapland 
Rhododendron, Cassiope hypnoides, Daipensia lapponica, Vaccin- 
mm Vitis-Idaea, and many others. Many of them are now in 
the Rock Garden or in frames. 
The greenhouses were closed in June and opened again in NG: 
vember due to construction on the Lily Pools. 
