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REPORT OF THE HORTICULTURIST AND HEAD 
GARDENER FOR 1932 
Dr. C. Stuart GAGER, DIRECTOR 
Sir: I have the honor to subnut herewith my report for the year 
ending December 31, 1932, 
PERSONNEL 
The gardening force (nine men) was essentially the same as in 
1932. As the construction work and planting in the Local I*lora 
Section nears completion, the need for the whole time of a man to 
act as guard and gardener becomes obvious. rom the paragraphs 
following it may be seen that considerable labor was available that 
was paid for by charitable organizations, This labor was not an 
unmixed blessing, as almost without exception the men supphed 
were utterly unskilled in garden work and that necessitated largely 
drawing our own men from their regular work to supervise them. 
Guards were maintained at the gates on Saturdays, Sundays, holi- 
days, and after school hours from the beginning of April to the 
end of October. They are urgently needed throughout the year. 
Our laboring force was put on a part time basis on October 16th. 
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Lasor PAID FOR BY CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS 
Throughout the year forty-three men, paid by the Brooklyn 
3ureau of Charities, worked for a total of 3202 days. 
One man, paid by the Brooklyn Association for Improving the 
Condition of the Poor, worked 159 days. 
From January to October and in December forty-five men, paid 
by the Emergency Work and Relief Bureau, worked for a total of 
1742 days. 
GENERAL SYSTEMATIC SECTION 
For several years plants in the Crassulaceae (Orpine I*amuily 
Sedum, Sempervivui, ete.) failed to thrive owing to the low-lying 
These beds 
and poorly drained beds in which they were growing. 
were amalgamated in one, raised a foot or more above the sur- 
rounding level with boulders, and suitable drainage provided. 
The trees and shrubs in the Witch Hazel Family, having become 
