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5 on each end; in the unoccupied area in the vicinity of the 

 men's comfort station at the approach to the elevated rail- 

 road a number of conifers were placed, enlarging the group 

 already there; 2 shade trees were placed along the south 

 path, on the north side, between the knoll and the south 

 gate; 3 maiden hair trees were added to the collection near 

 the south gate, placed along the path; the corners formed 

 by the path entering the herbaceous grounds, near the 

 south gate, were planted with Rosa rugosa. 



During the fall much planting was done. A number of 

 trees, 7 black ash and 3 buttonwoods, were set out along the 

 driveway in the fruticetum and north meadows. At the 

 west end of the long bridge, on the south side, a planting of 

 Ribes curvatum was made, corresponding to that on the 

 opposite side of the driveway; at the east end of the same 

 bridge, on the north side, there was planted a group of the 

 honeysuckle family, extending from the end of the bridge 

 along the path and down the hillside. The piers on the 

 south side of this bridge, on both sides of the river, were 

 planted with cornus and spice-bush, obtained on the ground. 

 About 50 plants of the common honeysuckle were placed 

 among the boulders forming the low wall along the roadway 

 north of the long bridge and east of the river. In the 

 vicinity of the boulder bridge a large amount of planting was 

 accomplished, the greater part of the material used (the 

 wild rose, sweet pepper-bush, cornus, spice-bush, button- 

 bush, elder-berry, viburnum and others) being secured in 

 the north meadow; the areas on the north and south sides, 

 extending from the river around the bend in the path, and 

 the island to the south of the bridge, were thus treated; 

 the immediate approaches of the bridge on the east end, 

 and a portion of the beds on the bridge proper, were planted 

 with wax-berry and sweet-fern, secured by purchase; the 

 triangle formed by the paths near the tulip-tree row was 

 planted with Viburnum molle and V. acerijolium, also 

 purchased. The planting of the triangle near the aquatic 

 garden was completed with material secured wild and from 



