(79) 
Conservatories 7,038 
Herbaceous Grounds 2,859 
Fruticetum 692 
Deciduous Arboretum 265 
Pinetum 251 
Salicetum 51 
Viticetum 37 
Wild Flora 860 
12,053 
The number last year was 11,602, making a gain of 451. 
General Horticultural Operations 
This work has been prosecuted under the immediate direc- 
tion of Mr. George A. Skene, second gardener. For the 
accomplishment of this work there have been available : one 
foreman-gardener, eighteen gardeners, seven apprentices, 
and an equivalent of eleven laborers. In addition to the 
above one driver for his entire time and two during the 
mowing season were detailed to this department for the pur- 
poses of hauling and mowing. 
Of this force one foreman-gardener, nine gardeners, and 
six apprentices (of which one has charge of the cellar) are 
detailed to the conservatories; three gardeners and one ap- 
prentice to the propagating houses; and six gardeners and 
eleven laborers to the outside work. Of this out-door force, 
two gardeners and one laborer, with a third laborer for a 
part of the time, were detailed to the herbaceous grounds ; 
two laborers to the fruticetum; one laborer to the arboretum 
for part of his time; two gardeners and four laborers to the 
hand-mowing and raking of the lawns; one gardener and one 
laborer for a part of his time to scythe-mowing; and one 
gardener and two laborers to the care of the decorative shrub- 
bery, trees, west border, and the pinetum, with the exception 
of that portion of it in the immediate neighborhood of the 
herbaceous grounds. Late in the fall the laborers were with- 
drawn, as well as two of the gardeners, and the necessary 
work continued with the reduced force. 
