THE PLANTATIONS 
God's own planting) had not been 
“As Paradise (though « 
Paradise longer than man was put into it; so, nor will our Gardens 
remain long in their perfection, unless they are also con- 
tinually cultivated. ... We dare hardly pronounce it: there is 
not amongst men a more laborious life than is that of a good 
Gard’ners .. . but a labor full of tranquility and. satisfaction. 
A Gard’ners work is never at an end: It begins with the 
Year and continues to the next: He prepares the Ground, and 
then he Sows it; after that he Plants; and then he gathers the 
Fruits; but in all the imtermedial spaces he is careful to dress it 
and how intolerable a confusion will succeed a small neglect.’ 
The quotation is from the Sylva of John Evelyn, the diarist, the 
first book ordered printed by the Royal Society ( (1663 or 1664). 
itorial and other comment on the 
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There has been abundant. e 
excellent state of up-keep of our plantations (our 
This 1s due in large measure to the faithful and efficient services 
of our small foree of gardeners and the per diem men, several 
whom have been with us for a number of years, and all of whom 
have identihed their own interests with those of the Botanic 
Garden, 
But the gardening and maintenance forces are both quite in- 
adequate to meet the present needs. Each year, for a decade or 
so, more and more of the Garden's area has been brought under 
intensive cultivation. In succession the Laboratory and Conserva- 
tory Plazas with herbaceous borders, the Local Flora Section of 
about one aere, the Horti- 
some two acres, the Rose Garden 
cultural Section of three acres have been laid out and intensively 
planted. The Rose Garden requires all the time of two gardeners ; 
the new Florticultural Section should have the constant attention 
of two gardeners; the Local Flora Section needs the full time of 
one gardener with generous assistance according to season; and 
the Laboratory and Conservatory Plazas should have the un- 
one gardener. [It is anticipated that the 
divided attention o 
Garden of Medicinal and Culinary Plants will be planted in 1937. 
No trained gardener has been added to our force since all of these 
areas have been developed. Not only are gardeners needed for 
the gardening operations, but also for guard duty, and especially 
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