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HorTICULTURAL SECTION 
Two thousand eight hundred plants, raised here, including 800 
Phlox subulata varieties, were added to the wall garden. 
New planting north of the Osborne Memorial included: 42 rho- 
dodendrons, and 34 evergreen and deciduous trees, all in large 
S1Zzes. 
At the south end of the ‘ Long Green” two Box bushes 8 X 6 
s 5 feet each, and four bushes each about 3 feet in diameter were 
planted. 
The heath (Erica) and heather (Calluna) bed on the reservoir 
bank was extended 540 square feet and 1,200 new plants added. 
Three thousand cubic feet of soil was removed from beneath 
the flagstone paving and transferred to the Local Flora Section. 
It was replaced by cinders and sand to provide a better founda- 
tion for the flagging, which was relaid and the crevices between 
the stones pointed with a mixture of sand and bituminous emul- 
sion. 
A flight of five concrete steps leading from the Horticultural 
Section to the Overlook was constructed by our own men. 
Rose GARDEN 
Twenty-four new varieties of Hybrid Tea roses (6 of each), 
3 Polyantha varieties (38 in all), and 3 Climbers (2 of each) 
were planted to replace discarded varieties. Dead and unthrifty 
specimens in various groups were removed to make room for 318 
new bushes. For the above roses we are indebted to Bobbink & 
Atkins, Rutherford, N. J., for 264 plants; Brownell Rose Re- 
search Gardens, Little Compton, R. I., 10 plants; The Conard- 
Pyle Co., West Grove, Pa., 92 plants; Henry A. Dreer, Philadel- 
phia, Pa., 6 plants; Jackson & Perkins, Newark, N. Y., 128 plants; 
Vestal & Son, Little Rock, Ark., 6 plants. 
Rectification of the lines of the terrace banks and change of 
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grade required the addition of 30 cubic yards of soil to the Rose 
Are. A concrete curb 158 ft. & 12 in. & 31% in. was constructed 
along the main walk. 
