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Rose Garden 



About 700 i)lants, rc]:)rcscntiiii;- 149 varieties, were added to the 

 Rose (Jardeu during- the year. AcUHtious have also been made 

 to the structural work. A fuller statement is oiven in the a])- 

 jjendod rei)ort of the horticulturist and head i;-ardener, page 100. 

 J'y constant attention and intelligent care, the garden suc- 

 cessfully withstood a severe droug'ht during the summer. The 

 ])eriod of bloom was unusually long — over 100 varieties being in 

 flower as late as November 22. the hrst frost, on the following 

 day, ])utting an end to the bloom. The second annual Rose 

 (Jarden Da}' was held on June 14. (Cf. p. 79.) 



Japanese Garden 



Mention has already been made ( ]). 15) to the woven wood 

 fence erected around the Jai)anese ( iarden in the .spring, thereby 

 completing its enclosure. During the coming year, the Japanese 

 tyi)e fence and the large bridge will both have to be rebuilt. 



Laboratory and Gonservaiory Placas 



On :\\)v\\ 25, 1929, the P>()ard of l^lstimate and Ai)]X)rtionment 

 api)roi)riated $21,000 of Tax Notes of the C'ity of New York for 

 the C()mi)letion of the im]n-ovement of the areas in front of the 

 Laboratory Building and Conservatories. Delays of one sort or 

 another i)revented the begiiming of this work during the year, 

 but ever\-thing was in readiness in December for advertising the 

 contracts for ])ublic bidding, and this will doubtless be done early 

 in 1930, so that work may be undertaken in the coming spring. 



Library 



Resignation of Miss Simpson 



The resignation of the librarian, Aliss Ray Sim])son, to take 

 effect on Sei^ember i, 1929, was i)resented to the Governing 

 Committee at its meeting of June M. A\'ith ex])ression of my 

 personal regret at the resignation ('owing to ill health) of one 

 who had been an efficient member of our staff for so many years, 

 I am glad to include here the resolution adoi:)ted by the Govern- 

 ing Committee in accepting the resignation, as follows : 



