These boulders had to be broken and removed before the tree- 

 could be set out, greatly adding to the cost of planting. 



Thirteen new beds for the reception of bearded iris were made 

 and planted on the east side of Cherry Walk, and forty dwarf 

 junipers were planted on tbe bank west of the outlet to the lake. 



The Narcissus bed in the Systematic Section was replanted and 

 the. surplus material was used to extend the "naturalized" plant- 

 ings of Narcissus on the bank opposite the Laboratory Building. 

 The two tulip beds won: made over and replanted with additional 

 species and varieties, tbe surplus being used in a planting on either 

 side of the road between tbe walnuts and the oaks. 



Rose Garden 



The first sod was turned in the construction of the Rose Garden 

 on June 14, without any ceremony. Previous to this a contour 

 map of ib« n< h id l» «'n in id l>> \U ihn lio I ( I uquer. 

 The result of this survey was carefully studied by Mr. Harold A. 

 Caparn, our consulting landscape architect, and myself, with a 

 view to obtaining 1 sali fact on new grade with a minimum of 

 change, and the avoidance of the necessity of buying much top 



The garden is 500 feet long. Nor lb of the pavilion it forms a 

 rectangle 353 feet long and 93 feet wide. South of the pavilion 

 the area is roughly in the shape of a right-angled triangle with a 

 convex hypotenuse. The whole garden occupies about one acre. 



In order to secure a satisfactory grade it was necessary to cut, on 

 the average, one foot on the west, side of the rectangular area for 

 a distance of 2 ^ feet 1 1 fill ne foot for a lilar dist nee on 

 the east side, thus making the garden level in its width. For the 

 longitudinal dimension of 1 be garden, Mr. Caparn devised a grade 

 in the form of a reverse curve wbicb 1- \ n -ati fad on m ap- 

 pearance and which involved a minimum of re-grading. The per- 

 fect drainage that is necessary for the healthy growth of roses is 

 provided by the sandy, rocky sub-soil and by a sloping sub-grade. 

 Tbe whole plant im; area has been worked over, and has been pro- 

 vided with top soil to a depth of eighteen inches. This was ac- 

 complished by using the top-soil from the walk that extends all 



