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ing around the marble work at the foot of the approach to the 
Museum has been rearranged, the plants of //ex crenata having 
been removed from their former position as a border to the 
conifers and used as a screen-planting on the sides of the en- 
closure, continuing that already there. 
During the fall the following work was carried out: Near 
the entrance to the elevated approach, in the strip separating 
the path from the road, a row of Japanese barberries was 
planted to prevent encroachment upon this place by pedes- 
trians and carriages. At the south gate a bed of Japanese 
barberries was planted around each pillar, extending consid- 
erably beyond the pillar in each direction, the barberries neces- 
sary for this work being secured from other plantations. The 
border in the corner near the elevated station was rearranged 
and thinned, the surplus being used in planting elsewhere. 
Portions of the south border, from which barberries had been 
removed for use elsewhere, were planted with other shrubs 
and rearranged. Eastward of the conservatories the ends of 
the grass strip separating the road from the path were planted 
with viburnums, taken from the triangle south of the Mu- 
seum, thus necessitating a rearrangement there. The natural 
border of alders on the north shore of the middle lake was 
reinforced and carried around to the bridge by transplanting 
a number of wild plants from the immediate vicinity. 
All herbaceous plantations, shrubs and young trees were 
carefully mulched with well-seasoned stable manure and leaf- 
mold at the beginning of winter. All manure needed has 
been obtained by supplying a dump for the use of the stables 
in the vicinity of the Garden, or by hauling from stables when 
our teams were not otherwise employed. These piles of ma- 
nure have been turned twice, and form excellent fertilizer 
and material for mulching. Large piles of leaves raked from 
the lawns have yielded much leaf-mold of superior quality. 
Investigations 
Mr. Norman Taylor, garden aid, in addition to his work 
on the cultivated plants, has continued his studies on the 
Potamogetons. 
