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Economic Garpen. This continues to be one of the 
most attractive features. Eleven show labels and 29 group 
signs have been made for it. 
Desert Prants. The grouping of these plants, con- 
tained during the cold weather in the nearby conservatories, 
was the same as that of the previous year, the increased 
size of the collections, due especially to the growth of indi- 
vidual plants, making it necessary to considerably enlarge 
some of the beds. This same reason will make necessary 
the coming summer a further enlargement of the space 
required to accommodate these collections, which constitute 
one of the most attractive features in the court of con- 
servatory range no. I. 
Conservatory Lity Poots. The display of tender lilies 
in the westerly pool was exceptionally fine the past season. 
The Paraguay royal water lily, Victoria cruziana, did un- 
usually well, making many flowers and maturing a number 
of seed pods. Twelve show labels were added. 
Aquatic Garpen. There was the usual attractive dis- 
play of water lilies during the early part of the summer, but 
the shortage of water later considerably interfered with 
the appearance of this garden. The plantings of shrubs, 
trees and herbaceous plants which have been made in the 
border of this pond from time to time are now adding 
much to the beauty of the collections. Forty show labels 
have been placed here. 
RuopopENDRON Banks. The groups of rhododendrons, 
planted the previous spring on the easterly bank of the 
west lake and on the nearby southerly bank, attracted 
much attention. Starting late in May, with the delightful 
pink blossoms of R. punctatum, through June with the 
flowers of R. catawbiense, and into July with those of R. 
maximum, there was a continuous profusion of flowers. 
Groups of the Madonna lily, Lilium candidum, planted the 
fall previous, did exceptionally well, making masses, during 
June, of the purest white in contrast with the dark green 
of the surrounding rhododendrons. Many more of these 
