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A hedge of Box Barberry (Berberis Thunbergii var. minor) was 
planted around the semicircular pool at the north end. 
In the pool containing the Jenkins fountain a retaining wall of 
concrete was built to hold soil for planting. This was then sur- 
faced with between three and four tons of tufa rock. 
The grass verges to the flower borders were graded and re- 
sodded. 
Boulder Hill 
To replace Mugho Pines that failed to thrive, the area in the 
immediate vicinity of the Alfred T. White Memorial was planted 
with Rhododendron and Mountain Laurel. The material used was 
derived partly by purchase and partly by “thinnings” from our 
original Rhododendron planting. 
Over 400 square yards of ground was prepared for Rhododen- 
drons (to be planted spring 1931) by working the soil eighteen 
inches or two feet deep and mixing with it granulated peat moss 
and sand. 
The trail meandering along the crest of the hill was surfaced 
with broken flagstones for a distance of 550 feet. A trail with a 
foundation of ashes was made from the Jenkins foot-bridge, at the 
lake outlet, to the main walk near the Japanese tea house. This 
involved considerable regrading. 
Depressions brought about by wear and tear, etc., were brought 
up to grade by filling with topsoil, and reseeded with grass. 
On the west side of the hill 1000 bulbs were used to extend 
northwards the planting of Narcissus “ Sir Watkin.” 
Rose Garden 
Thirty ornamental concrete posts with “ vase” finials, designed 
by Mr. Caparn to support festoons of roses, were made by our 
own men during the winter. In early spring these were set out, 
chains attached, and 40 climbing roses planted to furnish them. 
The work of replanting the species borders, started in 1929, was 
completed during the fall of 1930. 
Rooted cuttings of 56 species of Kosa were received from the 
Arnold Arboretum and 22 grafted plants of varieties of “ moss” 
roses were received from the Jackson and Perkins Co. These 
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