103 



8oo Crocus (autumn blooming) in 8 species and varieties 



800 Crocus (spring blooming) in 10 species and varieties 



450 Chionodoxa (" Glory of the Snow") in 5 species and varieties 



250 Muscari (Grape Hyacinth) in 11 species and varieties 



150 Narcissus in 3 species 



125 Galanthus (Snowdrop) in 5 species 



75 Tulipa in 3 species 



140 Miscellaneous Bulbs from Palestine in 10 species and varieties 



100 Eranthis Tubergeni (Winter Aconite) 

 100 Fritillaria Mcleagris (Guinea-hen Flower) 



Rose Garden 



About seven hundred new rose plants were set out during the 

 spring- and fall. The beds of hybrid tea, hybrid perpetual, tea, 

 Bourbon, and China roses are now comi)lete with the exception 

 of a few^ varieties, difficult to obtain, that are required to complete 

 the chronological sequence. 



Considerable difficulty has been exj^ierienced in obtaining all the 

 species roses desired for planting the side borders that extend all 

 around the garden. It will probably be a matter of several years 

 before it is possible to get all the species we want. As the frame 

 of foliage provided by these species roses is very important in 

 adding to the appearance of the rose garden, it was decided to 

 spread out the species and varieties we already have and, by the 

 use of duplicates, eliminate the spotty a])pearance that has hitherto 

 existed. About half of this work was carried out in the fall when 

 freezing weather put a stop to operations. 



The museum bank imtuediately north of the rose garden was 

 planted with about a hundred climbing roses in ten varieties and 

 thousands of plants of Pachysandra terminalis were set out to pro- 

 vide a ground cover until the roses fill their allotted space. 



Ornamental Planting 



For a number of years the azalea ])lanting at the Richard Young- 

 gate has been unsatisfactory, because of the distressing juxtaposi- 

 tion of difficult colors, the mixture of varieties, the crowded con- 

 dition of some varieties, and the death of others. To remedy 

 this condition involved the labelling (during the blossoming sea- 

 son) and replanting (in early fall) of over six hundred bushes. 



