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REPORT OF THE CURATOR OF PLANTS AND 
PLANTATIONS FOR 1925 
Dr. C. Stuart GAGER, DIRECTOR. 
Sir: I take pleasure in submitting the following report of 
activities during 1925. 
Three considerable areas are still in an unfinished state as 
to grading and putting down of lawn. The largest, between 
the Reservoir and the Museum at Eastern Parkway, it has not 
been possible to grade and plant for lack of enough men, though 
some work has been accomplished. Perhaps this may be done 
during the fall of 1926, after we reap the benefits of several 
more months of tillage, rotation of crops, and other operations, 
incident to soil improvement. 
A second area is the hill west of the Japanese Garden. During 
the year this has been graded, plowed where possible, and hand 
dug where necessary, in preparation for development in 1926. 
The third area, south of the Reservoir fence, remains untouched. 
In connection with the Parmentier-Bayer Celebration, a con- 
siderable area near the Eastern Parkway gate was surface- 
graded, seeded down for the first time, and the paths in the 
vicinity of the tablet boulder re-surfaced and put in shape. 
Other work completed during the year may well be summarized 
thus: 
. Setting arches at Children’s House and fence to bound the 
Shakespeare Garden. 
. Repair of water main beneath the Museum embankment. 
This was more than seven feet below the surface and 
involved cutting through one of our main paths and re- 
surfacing it. In the near future it appears likely we may 
face more such work, as all except a small section of our 
water mains are old and badly rust clogged. 
. Laying additional water pipes to the Rock Garden. 
. Repair of large section of the old flagstone sidewalk along 
Flatbush Avenue. This is sagging in many places, and 
while not actually unsafe, has been the cause of complaints 
both from citizens and the police. 
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