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A fuller and interesting statement of this development. will be 
found in the accompanying report of Dr. Svenson on pages 96-— 
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Other Sections 
The appended reports of the horticulturist (pages 102-107 ) 
and of the curator of plants (pages 91-96) record the year’s 
progress in the development and maintenance of other sections 
of the Plantations, Mr. Free’s report also records essential facts 
in the general maintenance of the grounds. 
Drought 
The appended report of the Horticulturist calls attention to the 
fact that the Garden has experienced continuous drought (rainfall 
below normal) for five consecutive seasons. Most trees and 
shrubs, under proper care, can withstand one season of drought, 
or even two in succession, but five seasons are almost too much 
for many of them, Constant irrigation has been necessary day 
and mght, from June to October. This experience has emphasized 
how inadequate to our needs the present irrigation system is. ‘The 
pressure needs to be increased and more outlets are required, 
Lwelve Months of Bloom 
The “ Christmas Rose” (/felleborus niger) came into bloom 
the Rock Garden early in December, before snow had fallen. 
Subsequently it became covered with several inches of snow, but 
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continued im bloom after the snow had melted away some days 
later. It was still in bloom the day before Christmas and up until 
New Year's, 1933. The showy, anemone-like flowers with slightly 
pink-tinged petals and numerous golden stamens seemed strangely 
out of season at Christmas time and naturally attracted consid- 
erable attention, One of the Stork’s Bills (rodium Manescavi), 
of the Geranium Family, was also in bloom during the second 
week in December and up until Christmas. The flowering of 
these plants completed a record of twelve months of outdoor bloom 
for 1932 as against eleven months for 1931. In 1930 we were 
able to report twelve months of bloom, beginning with Jris Martani 
in January, as also in 1982, 
