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ing of the plots was unchanged, but some of them were 
enlarged. The defective water supply in the northern end 
of the valley, referred to in my last annual report, has not 
yet been repaired and needs attention. 
2. Fruticetum 
Additions were made to the shrub collection by specimen 
plants hitherto grown in the nurseries. The extremely cold 
weather of January damaged some of the plants which 
had withstood winter conditions for ten years or more, 
notably the Japanese holly (Ilex crenata) and nearly all 
the varieties of box; during the season, however, these 
have largely fecovercd. 
3. Salicetum 
The willow collection in the north meadows has not been 
modified. The path leading through it on the west side 
of the river was resurfaced with fine ashes from the power 
house, as well as the paths through the north meadows on 
the eastern side of the river, a total length of path of about 
4,000 feet being thus resurfaced. e find this surface 
construction of paths with ashes economical, both as to 
material, which costs nothing, and as regards maintenance, 
because weeds are much less abundant than in paths 
surfaced with blue-stone screenings. 
4. Deciduous Arboretum 
The list of hardy woody plants in the collections, com- 
piled by Mr. George V. Nash, Head Gardener, and pub- 
lished in successive numbers of our Journal during the 
past year, is of great interest; it proved to be more extensive 
than was at first contemplated and it is not yet completely 
printed, but should be finished by the spring. The severe 
winter weather left its traces on a number of trees, almost 
the entire series of Japanese cherries having had their 
flowers blighted so that their blooming was insignificant. 
The collection of catalpas, purchased by means of a gilt 
