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Foreman gardener John Finley has been in charge of the 
outside work, with about eight gardeners, the drivers, and 
laborers. 
The work of the conservatories and propagating houses 
has been in charge of foreman gardener H. W. Becker, to 
whom was assigned the remainder of the force. 
The following new work has been accomplished during 
the year: 
In THE SPRING 
The development of the horticultural garden on the 
site of the former convention garden. 17 beds were planted 
with nearly 20,000 corms of gladioli, 2 with chrysanthe- 
mums, I with phloxes, and 2 with cannas. A collection 
of marsh mallows was begun in the low land on the east 
side. The mallows exhibited the previous year by Meehan 
& Sons and by Bobbink & Atkins were donated to the 
garden by those firms, and form a part of this collection, 
together with a large number of plants, of hybrid origin 
mainly, produced by Dr. A. B. Stout, of the staff, in his 
experiments with the genus Hibiscus. The opening of 10 
additional beds in the rose garden. The planting of coni- 
fers around the school garden shelter house. The prepar- 
ation of a strip about 12 feet wide at the west border from 
the depot plaza north, for the reception of the collection 
of dahlias, and the planting of the same. Additions to 
the magnolia garden. The transplanting of specimens from 
the nurseries to the deciduous arboretum and the frutice- 
tum. The replacement with others of the conifers killed 
during the previous winter. The rearrangement of the 
path corners near the fountain enclosure, a group of 
Picea Omorika being placed on one side and one of Picea 
polita on the other. The planting of a large number of 
seedlings in the conservatory beds. 
In tHe Fait 
The removal of the Japanese holly about the fountain 
at the foot of the Museum approach, greatly damaged 
