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RELORI Ohhh. LORTIGULY ORIST? AND EiBraE 
GARDENER FOR 1928 
Dr. C. Stuart GAGER, DIRECTOR. 
Sir: I beg to submit herewith my report for the year ending 
December 31, 1928. 
General Systematic Section 
In the fall changes, based upon a plan made by Mr. Caparn, 
were made in the layout’of the area devoted to the Pea Family 
(Papilionaceae), with a view to utilising to better effect the orna- 
mental members of the family. This involved the elimination of 
two beds containing herbaceous species, and the construction of 
a new bed, immediately south of the hedge of Scotch Broom, and 
planted with the more ornamental varieties removed from the dis- 
continued beds. The southernmost limit of the family on the 
west side of the walk was bordered with an informal hedge of 
various species of Lespedesa (Bushclover). To mark the south 
edge of the family on the east side of the walk, provision was 
made for a planting of Robinia hispida (Rose-acacia), to be set 
out in the spring of 1929. 
The area assigned to the Rutaceae was extended northward, and 
holes were prepared for planting in the spring of 1929. This will 
provide additional space that is much needed in this family. 
The Grass Family (Gramineae) was rearranged and separate 
beds provided for each species and variety. It is hoped that this 
arrangement will display the grasses to better advantage and pre- 
vent the mixing of species that is likely to occur when many kindls 
are grown in one bed. 
Our climbing species of the genus Lonicera, up to this year, 
have had no supports on which to grow. This was remedied in 
the late summer by the erection of seven tripods constructed of 
cedar poles over which these Honeysuckles may clamber. 
Ornamental Planting 
Thirty-two trees of the Chinese Flowering Crab, Malus specta- 
bilis, seven of the Sargent Crab, M. Sargentti, and five of the 
