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making a total of 3,700 plants. These flower beds attracted 
much attention during the summer. 
General Horticultural Operations 
The force available consisted of the following: 3 foreman- 
gardeners, 14 gardeners, 4 apprentices, and 18 laborers. Inad- 
dition to the above 1 driver for his entire time and 2 others dur- 
ing the mowing season were available for mowing and hauling. 
This force was distributed as follows: 1 foreman-gardener, 
9 gardeners, and 2 apprentices were detailed to the conserva- 
tories, including the care of the decorative planting in the 
immediate vicinity; 1 foreman-gardener, 1 gardener, and 2 
apprentices to the propagating houses; 1 foreman-gardener, 
4 gardeners, and the 18 laborers to the outdoor work. 
The outdoor force was detailed as follows: museum tract, 
2 laborers; conservatory tract, 1 gardener and 3 laborers; 
west border tract, I gardener and 2 laborers; fruticetum 
tract, 1 gardener and 3 laborers; herbaceous grounds tract, 
1 gardener and 5 laborers; for miscellaneous operations, in- 
cluding the care of the arboretum and scythe work, 3 laborers. 
At the conclusion of outdoor work in the fall 2 of the gar- 
deners were transferred to the conservatories. The 2 remain- 
ing gardeners were employed for the rest of the year in the 
usual gardening operations needing attention at that time. 
In the matter of new park planting considerable was ac- 
complished. During the spring the following work was per- 
formed. The west border to the north of the Mosholu bridge 
approach was rearranged, the planting being extended along 
the approach wall to the road, the additional shrubs neces- 
sary for this work being obtained elsewhere in the grounds. 
At the Woodland Avenue bridge the abutment was planted 
with a miscellaneous collection of conifers and poplars, and 
the space between the path and the road of the approach was 
partly planted with the Japanese barberry. The planting in 
the rear of the fountain near the Museum was considerably 
extended by the addition of a number of lower growing coni- 
fers in front of the taller ones already in position. The plant- 
