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The outside work has been under the direction of foreman- 
gardener John Finley, who has had the assistance of the 
remainder of the assigned force, viz., six gardeners, 13 to 21 
laborers, depending on the time of the season, and four drivers. 
In addition to the regular routine horticultural operations, 
the following new work has been done: 
In the Spring 
The preparation of the ground and the planting of the 
additional Japanese cherry trees given by Mrs. Sturgis, to 
which allusion has already been made. In the vicinity of 
conservatory range 1, the following work was accomplished: 
a partial overhauling of the shrub and tree planting in the 
decorative beds, the surplus material being used elsewhere, 
mainly in the pinetum; the preparation of the rose bed, 
about 250 feet long by eight feet wide, it being trenched and 
subsoiled especially for rose cultivation; the beds at the foot 
of the terrace, with the exception of the two long plots to 
the north, were planted with evergreens and deciduous 
shrubs, about 280 plants being used, secured from the nursery 
and decorative beds at conservatory range I, all but about 
25 of them evergreens; the end beds at the foot of the north 
terrace were planted with herbaceous plants; the small bed 
at each end of the series of seven was planted in the centre 
with evergreens and deciduous shrubs, the eight foot border 
with herbaceous plants. The immediate surroundings of the 
shelter house in the herbaceous grounds were planted with 
shrubs. The points at the Newell Avenue entrance were 
planted with Japanese barberries. A red oak tree was placed 
to the east of the museum building. The triangle to the 
east of the museum, at the entrance of the path to the 
economic garden, was planted with Viburnum acerifolium 
A tree of Paulownia was placed in the triangle near the 
fountain enclosure, to replace the hickory removed. In the 
fruticetum, 26 more rose bushes were added to the decorative 
group between the main road and path in the vicinity of the 
rose family. 
