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end of the north meadows, and a sketch by Mr. John R. 
Brinley, Landscape Engineer of the Garden, is herewith 
submitted for consideration. 
Water Supply 
The six-inch distributing main, encircling the Garden 
along the main driveways, was entirely completed during 
the year by the laying of some 800 feet along the new 
arboretum road. Only lateral one-inch and two-inch dis- 
tributing pipes in a few areas are now required to make the 
water supply system complete. 
Buildings 
Repairs on the older buildings have required more 
expenditures than in any previous year, as was foreseen 
at the time of my last annual report. The entire interior 
of the large glass dome of conservatory range no. I (house 
no. I of this range) was doubly painted; this was an ex- 
pensive task, because it required the construction of an 
interior scaffold reaching nearly to the top of the house, 
for which lumber had to be purchased. Four painters in 
addition to our two regular employees were hired for a 
period of five weeks. The work was successfully accom- 
plished without accident and with no damage to the collec- 
tion of palms. Every pane of glass was examined during 
the painting process and made secure where necessary, 
but our men report that there was astonishingly little to 
do in this connection, which speaks very well for the 
original construction of this large glass dome. The interior 
of houses 5, 6, 7 and 8 of this range were also painted, 
advantage being taken of the opportunity to remove the 
contents of houses 7 and 8 to one of the new houses at 
conservatory range no 2. It was found necessary to 
entirely replace the steam heating pipes in the aquatic 
house (house no. 9 of range 1), and minor replacements of 
heating pipes in several of the other houses were also 
necessary. 
