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been planted this fall large collections of tulips, com- 
prising a total of 323 kinds and 32,830 bulbs, of the following 
varieties and quantities: 
Var. Quan. ar. Quan. 
Breeder........ 8 7,752 oe double........ 7 265 
arwin......... 166 17,554 Bizarre............. 3 35 
areas 56 3,272 ens eee ees | 10 
eee double 2 2,852 Miscellaneous........ 5 120 
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General Horticultural Operations 
This work has been accomplished by the following force; 
monthly, 2 foreman gardeners and 29 gardeners; labor- 
ers, 14. 
Foreman gardener John Finley has had charge of the 
details of the outside work, and there were assigned to 
him 9 gardeners and the laborers. Foreman gardener H. 
W. Becker has had supervision of the details of the work in 
the conservatories and propagating houses, and to him was 
assigned the remainder of the force. 
In the spring the collection of rhododendrons in front of 
the museum was re-arranged, and all plants except rhodo- 
dendrons were transferred to other decorative plantations. 
The pruning of shrubbery and trees, and of the roses in the 
rose garden and elsewhere, the planting of the large collec- 
tions of gladioli, cannas, variegated plants, and dahlias, 
the removal of the chrysanthemum collection from the 
west border to the horticultural gardens, the planting of 
some conifers in the systematic collections, and at the 
fountain at the foot of the museum approach, and the 
removal of some of the thorns from the circle at the frutice- 
tum, together with the usual maintenance, occupied the 
season. 
In the fall the specimens of arbor vitae in front of the 
museum were re-arranged, being graded more according 
to height. The large collections of dahlias, gladioli, and 
cannas were removed, labeled, and properly stored. About 
150 rose bushes were planted in the rose garden, and about 
