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contains some kinds not exhibited in this country before. 
Tulips of this class usually bloom from the middle to the 
end of May. 
General Horticultural Operations 
For the accomplishment of this work the following force 
has been available: monthly, 2 foreman gardeners, 22 to 
27 gardeners, and 4 drivers; laborers, 12 to 14. The 
details of the outside work have been under the direction 
of Foreman Gardener John Finley, to whom were assigned 
about 8 gardeners, the drivers, andlaborers. H.W. Becker, 
Foreman Gardener, has had charge of the work in the con- 
servatories and propagating houses; to him was assigned 
the remainder of the force. 
The following new work was accomplished: 
In THE SprinG, the rearrangement of the conservatory 
beds, made necessary by the removal of large specimens to 
other parts of the grounds, mainly yews for the enlarge- 
ment of that collection. The removal of a large specimen 
of Taxus cuspidata densa from the yew collection to the 
circle in front of conservatory range 1. The planting of 
23 conifers around the comfort station at the Mansion, 
as follows: 3 white spruce, 1 blue spruce, and 4 Douglas 
spruce from the collection at the Long Bridge; 3 Austrian 
pines from the west border; and 12 Douglas spruce from 
the nurseries of Hicks & Son. 3 sugar maples weie trans- 
ferred from the west border to the zooth St. entrance. 
In the horticultural gardens the planting of 21,000 gladi- 
olus corms, 1,830 canna plants, and the collection of plants 
with variegated and colored foliage; the planting of the 
War Memorial Grove, and of the group of Abies concolor. 
In THE Fatt in the horticultural gardens, the removal, 
labeling and storing of the large collections of gladioli 
and cannas. The removal, labeling and storing of the 
dahlia collection. The planting in the rose garden of over 
300 plants, some for replacements, others of kinds not 
formerly in the collection; and the protection of the 
whole collection by hilling up and by top-dressing. The 
