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successfully, and have made a good commencement of the 
improvement of that portion of the grounds. Many of the 
clumps have so much increased in size as to permit dividing 
them up and extending the collection for a considerable 
distance to the north, along the new path paralleling the 
Southern Boulevard, and by other enlargement as suggested 
in my last annual report. 
9. White Pine Plantation 
Record was made in my last annual report of the planting 
with young white pines of a rocky hill north of the iris 
garden, through the interest of Dr. Walter B. James and 
of Hon. George D. Pratt, State Conservation Commissioner, 
the area concerned being about one and three-quarter 
acres. This young forest planting may now be reported 
as established, some of the trees having reached a height 
of 2 feet, with relatively small loss. It is proposed in the 
spring to extend this plantation somewhat laterally by 
means of a supply of little white pine trees held in our 
nurseries and the purchase of several hundred more. The 
plantation has attracted a great deal of attention and 
brought out much favorable comment. The rocky ridge 
parallel to the white pine hill to the west, referred to in 
my last annual report as available for a forest of another 
kind of tree, may, we think, be well occupied by a similar 
forest of red pine, and Dr. James has expressed to me his 
further interest in establishing such a plantation. 
10. Convention Garden 
In cooperation with the Society of American Florists 
and Ornamental Horticulturists, areas bordering the paths 
in the region south of the herbaceous garden were planted 
by several florists and nurserymen with various collections 
in the spring, although the amount of space occupied by 
them was much less than they at first contemplated, owing 
to disturbed business conditions. We have made a com- 
plete record of the exhibits in the Garden Journal for 
