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About lift}- square }-ar(ls of ground in the vicinit\' of the 

 Alfred T. White Memorial were i)repare(l for the i)lanting- of 

 Rhododendrons, in the s])ring- of 1930, by digging- to a depth 

 of two feet and mixing in sand and peat moss. 



Miscellaneous 



Fifteen hundred feet o\ trench \vas dug by our men for the 

 installation of irrigation i)i])es to cover the North Addition. 

 Connection was made with existing garden mains and, on 

 h^astern Parkway, ^^dth a new sixteen inch main of the De- 

 partment of A\^ater Su])])l\-. This main is laid imder the side- 

 ^va]k along the south side of the ParkAxay. 



Trenches for water and sewer connections for eight bubl)ler 

 drinking fountains were dug, concrete ])ases cast, and the 

 pedestals set up in readiness for the j^lumber. Concrete plat- 

 forms and " stepping blocks " were also made for the above. 



Twcl\e concrete-and-\vood garden l)enches, designed by our 

 landsca])e architect, ^^•ere set up and concrete platforms made 

 for eleven of them. 



The foundation was made, concrete mounting cast, and the 

 metate bird bath installed in the Rose Garden. 



Concrete foundations and bases A\-ere made and four addi- 

 tional pillars erected at the inside ends of the north pergola 

 of the Rose Garden. 



Concrete fence posts were cast and set up on top of the 

 Museum em])ankment oi)i)osite the Rose Garden. This fence 

 is designed to carr}' clind)ing roses, and will mask an awk- 

 ward grade. 



A section of roadwav of tar macadam Avas laid over the 

 north Jeid-cins l)ridge and its a]^proaches. 



The ste])s of granite blocks leading from the walk to the 

 to]) of the reservoir bank were reset in cement on a foundation 

 of ashes. 



Seed and Plant Distribution 



In connection with the International Seed Exchange, 3,303 

 packets of seeds, chiefly of herbaceous plants, were distributed 

 to foreign and domestic botanic gardens, and to other insti- 

 tutions and in(li\-i(luals during the spring of 1929. 

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