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ORNAMENTAL PLANTING 
The unsightly area of over 800 square feet outside the fence 
on Flatbush Avenue on either side of the Richard Young gate was 
eraded, fertilized, and planted with two hundred and fifty Acantho- 
panax pentaphylla. The planting is protected by a pipe rail fence 
installed by our own men. 
At the north end of the brook about six hundred square feet of 
planting space for water-loving iris was made by constructing on 
both sides of the brook a retaining barrier of split cedar poles and 
filling in behind it with suitable soil. 
A new iris bed was made northwest of the swamp. 
LocaL FLorA SECTION 
The topsoil was removed from an area of over nine hundred 
square feet and replaced with peat, and from an area of four hun- 
dred and fifty square feet and replaced with Long Island sand. 
Six thousand square feet was dug over, mixed with peat moss, 
and made ready for planting. 
A shallow brook was constructed, starting near the north end 
of the section and emptying into the “ wet meadow.” 
A large area south of the bog was graded and a depression made 
to catch surface water. 
A grass walk, fourteen feet wide, extending practically the whole 
length of the Local Flora Section, was graded and constructed by 
laying with turves. 
Planting carried out is noted in the report of the Assistant 
Curator of Plants. 
MISCELLANEOUS 
The walks in the Economic Plant House (of ashes surfaced with 
sand) served well in the early years of the Garden when visitors 
were few. With the enormous increase of users they became 
inadequate and were replaced with concrete walks during the 
winter. 
Three flights of concrete steps were constructed near the North 
Flatbush Avenue entrance to eliminate an excessively steep grade. 
The banks on either side of the walk were surfaced with top soil 
and faced with boulders to hold the banks in place. A temporary 
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