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around the garden. The walk was then filled in with sub-soil. 

 Subsoil was also used to form the base of the mound on which the 

 pavilion is constructed, and which provides a vantage point from 

 which to view the garden as a whole. The work of grading was 

 considerably hampered, as usual, by the many glacial boulders en- 

 countered and also by two old roads, the existence of which we did 

 not suspect. These crossed the garden lia.^onalb ibout ten inches 

 below the surface and had to be removed. It was necessary to 

 buy about forty cubic yards of top soil to finish the grade around 

 the pavilion and south of it. One hundred and fifty cubic yards 

 of cow manure was mixed with the top soil. 



The digging of trenches for irrigation pipes and for foundations, 

 the making and pouring of concrete, and in some cases the making 

 of rough forms, was done by our own men. The concrete posts 

 for the fence surrounding the garden (eighty-one in all, each n ft. 

 by 6 in.), twenty-eight square concrete pillars for the support of 

 the pavilion and pergolas, and the fence panels surrounding the 

 garden were also made and erected by our own men at a consid- 

 erable saving. Eighty-three cubic yards of aggregate (stone and 

 -and), and 44 l bags of cement were used. 



The above work was carried out by a force of laborers ex- 

 traneous to the general. force. 



About one thousand rose bushes were planted in the fall. 



Work still remaining to be done to complete the rose garden is 

 as follows: 



Paving floor of Pavilion and approaches. 

 Making four sets of concrete steps. 

 Erection of ten doul I uxb over w alk 

 Surfacing walks. 



Setting iron verge between walks and grass. 

 \l ! 4_. i\mi bed in outh triangle and finishing terrace. 

 Planting about two thousand roses, vines, rhododendrons, and 



other plants. 

 Making and erecting 30 concrete posts for festoons. 

 Gates are needed for three of the entrances, and the appearance of 

 the north pergola would be enhanced if lattice frames were 

 provided on its north side to correspond with those on the 



