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variety of annuals. Mr. T. A. Havemeyer and Messrs. 
Bobbink & Atkins kindly contributed a large portion of the 
iris collection here planted. The irises established them- 
selves very well, and will doubtless form a very interesting 
flower feature in the coming spring. It is planned to 
extend this plantation northwardly along the path leading 
toward the herbaceous garden, and it may also be enlarged 
by planting some irises along the northern and eastern 
sides of the paths. The total number of named kinds of 
irises here represented is 394. Many of the plants will be 
divisible at the end of next season. 
Rose Garden 
The plans for the new rose garden have already been 
fully described and illustrated.* Progress in construction 
during the year has been such as to permit the planting of 
the greater part of the garden, located in a beautiful valley 
south of the mansion, east of the snuff mill. The work is 
in cooperation with the Horticultural Society of New York, 
this society obtaining all the rose plants necessary; it is 
estimated that some 4,500 rose bushes will be planted here 
in April and May. Construction of the central pergola 
and of the boundary fence planned for this garden has 
necessarily been deferred, owing to the very high price of 
iron during the year. It is hoped that special gifts of 
portions of these structures will permit their erection during 
1917. ‘The collections of climbing roses cannot be planted 
until the pergola and the fence are built. At the western 
approach to the rose garden, a series of stone steps leading 
from the driveway level down to that of the garden is 
required. The path system in and around the rose garden 
has been so far constructed as to permit easy access to the 
collection when established; construction work is going 
forward here during the winter. 
* See Jour. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 17: 111-115. 
