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TAXODIINAE. Taxodium Tribe 
Sciadopitys. UMBRELLA PINE 
Sciadopitys verticillata. UsereLta PINE. 
Location: Pinetum, north end of i oe Grounds valley. 
Natural distribution: Japan. 
Sequoia. SEQUoIAs 
Sequoia Washingtoniana. Bic TREE. 
Location: Pinetum, north end of Herbaceous Grounds valley. 
Natural distribution: Sierra Nevada Mountains, California. 
PLANTING THE NEW ROSE GARDEN 
ans for the Rose oe designed by Mrs. Beatrix 
ohn 
where a record of the commencement of work was made by the 
breaking of aaee on May 4, 1916. The construction of the 
arden has e been continuously prosecuted by the aid of a 
special find ee yy 107 members of the Garden.* To 
this fund the sum of $100 has since been added by Mrs. Marin 
Le Brun Coo 
During ao season of mre: me of the grading, egnese and 
path building ncluding the hauling of top-soil 
to an average thickness of 24 be over the ee: area of about 
paths mi 
been done in grading the immediate surroundings of the garden 
and the system of path approaches, and this is still in progress. 
* See Bulletin, N. Y. Bot. Garden 9: 371-373 
