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REPORT OF THE HORTICULTURIST AND HEAD 
GARDENER FOR 10925 
Dr. C. Stuart GAGER, DIRECTOR. ° 
Sir: I beg to submit herewith my report for the year ending 
December 31, 1925. 
The labor available for gardening operations was substantially 
the same as that of 1924. We are continually adding to the 
scientific collections and horticultural features of the Garden. 
Trees and shrubs planted during the past fifteen years are in- 
creasing in size with a corresponding increase in the amount of 
labor required for spraying, pruning, etc. This with the addi- 
tional areas it is proposed to bring under cultivation in 1926 
makes it highly desirable that the services of two more gardeners 
be provided. 
In addition to routine maintenance, gardening work was as 
follows: 
Rock Garden 
In accordance with our plan to ultimately have none but 
alpine and saxatile plants in the rock garden, much of the 
material that was used as “‘filler,’’ when the garden was first 
planted, was removed in the fall thus making room for planting 
more suitable material in the spring of 1926. 
Bulb Planting 
During the past five years over 140,000 bulbs have been 
planted in lawns and grassy areas throughout the Garden to give 
a naturalistic effect. In 1925 the number of bulbs planted 
amounted to over 31,000, distributed as follows: 
6,000 Crocuses, yellow, blue, striped, and white—1,000 north of 
present planting, and 5,000 east of walk amongst Loniceras. 
2,600 Gladiolus in variety, summer planting in border along west 
fence of experimental enclosure. 
1,000 Muscari azureum, in grass north of Rock Garden. 
1,000 Muscari ‘‘Heavenly Blue,” in grass south of Rock Garden. 
500 Muscari elegans, in grass amongst Viburnums. 
2,000 Narcissus incomp. “Lucifer,” from Boulder Hill pines, 
south to large button ball. 
