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Respectfully submitted, 
ALFRED GUNDERSEN, 
Curator of Plants. 
REPORT OF THE ASSISTANT CURATOR OF 
PLAN TS- POR 1252 
Sir: I submit herewith my report for the year ending December 
31, 1932. 
SYSTEMATIC SECTION 
Herbaceous Beds —TVhe changes which are evident in the her- 
haceous beds consist in a transformation of the two poorly-drained 
Crassulaceae beds into a single elliptic bed which is raised a foot 
or so above the surface. The bed now has a natural rocky ap- 
pearance, which is in conformity with the habitat of these suc- 
culents. The labels used are of the roe 
eer 
< garden type. The 
gentian bed has also been reconstructed primarily for better drain- 
age. During t 
jee 
le general rearrangement of the Olive Family last 
year, the primrose (P?rimudaceae) and leadwort (Plumbaginaceac ) 
heds were moved nearer the brook and seem to have prospered 
thereby. 
LocaL [tora SECTION 
Vhis section will be opened to the public at the Spring Inspec- 
tion, May 1933. Although transplanting of native vegetation has 
an experimental tinge and is not to be looked on with too much 
confidence, still we feel that many of the more difficult native 
plants are now thoroughly established. \Vith the help of Mr. Iree 
and Mr. Caparn the isolated units have been tied together, and the 
whole area is taking on an appearance of completion, due in large 
part to the construction of a grassway which extends through the 
