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REPORD Ore THR HOREICWULTURISH AND HEAD 
GARDENER FOR 1935 
Dr. C, STUART GAGER, DIRECTOR. 
Sir: [ submit herewith my report for the year ending Decembe 
S035. 
PERSONNEL 
The regular force of gardeners and laborers was substantially 
the same as in 1934. 
Labor Paid for by Governmental Relief and Charitable 
Organizations 
Pwo men, under the auspices of the Civil Works Service Cuntil 
May 7) and the Works Progress Administration, worked 
6 hours a day from January | to December 31 for a total of 
eht men from the WPA, under their own foreman, worked 
6 hours a day for 15 days a month during September and 
240 “ 
520 days 
emi 
October for a total of 
Also from the WPA, from 9 to 14 men 
5 days a week ee May 7 
(These men were class 
to the gates and used for patrolling the grounc 
The Brooklyn Bureau of Charities sent 18 men who, at various 
fi Leet eas Sete 1,104 “ 
times, worked 8 hours a day for a total of 
e had the services of 
710 December 31, a total of 
” and were assigned 
fied as “ guards 
jar 
n 
a 
Total labor paid for by organizations other than the 
Botainice Grate Climbs ets Re Bia eR eo teense 
SYSTEMATIC SECTION 
The Violales area was largely replanted. The actinidias (7 in 
all) were transferred to the concrete and wood pergola designed 
by the consulting landscape architect, and installed as a TERA 
The tamarisks were replanted and set opposite t 
It was necessary to dig to a depth of 4 feet 
Alternate trees of Gordonia 
— 
Yr 
project. e open- 
ings in the pergola. 
to ensure successful transplanting 
were removed and planted to extend the line southward 
Crop rotation 1s eee. as a desirable practice. Usually, 
is effected by moving the crop, but in the svstematic section this 1s 
not possible owing to the arrangement of the plant families in 
when it seemed desirable to give 
botanical sequence. ‘Therefore, 
