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lilies here brought together has been a source of great plea- 

 sure to the public. The continued cool weather of the early 

 part of the season, when the plants were still young, inter- 

 fered with their best development, this being especially 

 noticeable in the Victoria, which failed to bloom this sea- 

 son. There were made for this collection 29 new show 

 labels. 



Conservatory Flower Garden. The two large beds 

 on the north side of conservatory range no. 1 have been 

 maintained and a number of additions made to them, 

 mainly bulbous plants. During the spring the two remain- 

 ing grass plots, at either end of those already developed, 

 were planted with a mixed center of evergreens and decidu- 

 ous shrubs, with an 8-foot border of herbaceous plants. 

 To those already in position, 278 show labels have been 



Flower Garden at the Elevated Approach. Ground 

 for this had been broken up in the fall of 1908 and 

 was in excellent condition the following spring for immediate 

 development. This planting, of irregular width, forms a 

 border to the decorative shrubs installed there, and con- 

 tinues from the entrance to the approach to the border 

 paralleling the Harlem Railroad. Annuals and herbaceous 

 perennials, with some tender plants such as heliotrope, 

 castor-oil plant, verbenas and others, were used in its de- 

 velopment. The collection is a varied one, containing 

 many of the old-fashioned flowers; there being no duplicates, 

 many kinds can be shown in a comparatively small area. 

 For this collection 99 show labels were made. 



West Border. That portion of the west border, ex- 

 tending from the Bedford Park Boulevard entrance to the 

 Harlem Railroad Station plaza, was entirely replanted 

 during the fall. Much of the old material, representing 

 duplicates, was dispensed with, and many other plants, 

 new to the decorative collections, were added. Duplica- 

 tion was also avoided in this border, so that a display of 

 many kinds is obtained in a comparatively small space. A 



