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after consultation with Mr. George V. Nash, of the New York 
Botanical Garden, to whom my best thanks are due for many 
helpful suggestions. Twelve beds are devoted to food and 
fodder plants, four to medicinal plants, two to condiments 
and relishes, and one to fibers—nineteen in all. ‘Most 
of the plants called for in the outline of the plan- 
tation were grown very successfully during the past 
season, and it is hoped to complete the installation when green- 
house accommodation becomes available. ‘The ultimate aim in 
this section of the Garden should be to include all plants that 
are of general use, together with information as to their origin, 
introduction, cultivation, evolutionary history, and other inter- 
esting data, suitably arranged for the education of the public. 
Because of the uncertainty as to path lines and doubt as to 
whether the place chosen would be the permanent one for the 
collection, none of the 75 shrubs included in the plantation out- 
line were planted. During 1912 it would be very desirable to 
put these in, and to make some minor changes so that the collec- 
tion will be complete and the arrangement permanent as soon as 
possible. The growing of the wild ancestors or closely related 
wild species near each of our common fruits and vegetables is 
contingent only on adequate glass-house protection for the start- 
ing of seedlings, as seeds of most of them can be procured from 
the Old World gardens. This feature would greatly increase 
the educational value of the collection. ‘The labels for this col- 
lection were of a general and temporary nature only, the un- 
certainty as to final arrangement not making it desirable to label 
the individual plants permanently this year. The number of 
different kinds of plants grown in this section during the year 
was 165. 
Native Wild Flower Garden (Section II) 
This section of the Garden, situated at the northwestern end 
of the grounds, comprises a, small valley about 600 feet long, 
with gently sloping sides, and a border mound of shrub planting 
along the Flatbush Avenue side. The whole area was in a bad 
condition, having in the past been used as a dump for stone 
screenings and other rubbish, and many local irregularities in the 
ground made it necessary to resurface most of the valley. The 
stones and other refuse were carted away and top soil from the 
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