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Shortly after the organization of the Department of 

 Agriculture, at Washington, Mr. Saunders undertook, tem 

 porarily, the superintendence of the gardens of this depart 

 ment, but resigned the position after a few months service. 

 He subsequently undertook the work again, under a perma 

 nent arrangement. Since the Autumn of 1862, he has 

 been retained as Superintendent of the grounds, and has 

 constantly labored for their extension, securing, in 1864, 

 the grounds now occupied by the Department, and furnish 

 ing the designs for laying out and ornamenting the grounds, 

 including the terraces, conservatories, etc. He has regularly 

 furnished his quota to the reports, besides contributing many 

 other articles for its pages on landscape gardening, etc. 



FUTURE PROJECTS. 



One of the important endeavors which, for years past, 

 has especially engaged the attention of Mr. Saunders, is to 

 procure for the Department of Agriculture, a complete col 

 lection of economic plants, both native and foreign. An 

 other is to plant and form a complete arboretum, represent 

 ing every tree and shrub that is hardy, from all quarters of 

 the globe, in the latitude of Washington. Both of these 

 great enterprises are fully under way, and the collections, 

 even now, are the most complete in the country, that of St. 

 Louis most liberal citizen, Mr. Shaw, coming next. 



Another noteworthy project for which Mr. Saunders is 

 especially solicitous, is to secure, for the Department, suffi 

 cient land to plant a specimen of every fruit-bearing tree, 

 shrub, and vine that can be procured. This, if it can be 

 carried out, will greatly assist correct pomological nomen 

 clature, and also&quot; prove, in many other respects, of inestim 

 able value to the fruit-producing interests of the country at 



