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contractor ; cutting of trees in Prospect Park, incident to grading 
operations there; enlargement of the bog in Section II; handling 
of hundreds of boulders which have been hauled to the site of the 
proposed rockery; and remaking the lawn in the center of the 
Local Flora Section. Besides this the force has continued in such 
general maintenance work as occasion demanded. This force has 
been in immediate charge of Mr. Herman Kolsh, foreman. 
Gardening Force 
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During the season, this has consisted of two gardeners under 
the supervision of Mr. J. V. Borin, head gardener. It has been 
augmented during the busy season by 2 men for 150 working 
days from the laboring force. To the department of public in- 
struction, to the curator of plant breeding, and various activities 
not under my supervision, there has been assigned an average of 
one gardener for 46 working days. As this extra work began in 
the former case only on October 23, and in the latter case in the 
middle of June, we must count on a much increased amount of 
such work during the coming year. This, with the ordinary 
growth of our collections, will necessitate another gardener dur- 
ing 1914. 
Additions have been made to Sections IT, the Pinetum, and the 
Nursery collections, and some shrub planting for Section VI, 
although most of this section could not be planted on account of 
grading operations. 
The ecologic section (IV) was partially installed on the west 
side of the brook, in the central meadow, 21 beds having been 
made and partially planted from outlines prepared by you. 
The largest single collection to be started during the year was 
the herbaceous planting of the general systematic collection. The 
layout of these beds was planned by the consulting landscape 
architect, Mr. Caparn, from specifications prepared by me, and of 
the total of 31,474 sq. ft., estimated for the completed collection, 
12,764 sq. ft. of beds were made and partially planted during the 
year. As yet no woody plants, except willows, have been added 
to this collection. 
During October the first section of the greenhouses was turned 
over for use, and the beginning of a general systematic collection 
