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above the freezing point on the 15th, yet frost was found in many 
parts of the Garden and this date is to be taken as the close of 
the growing season. 
The heavy grading work which was required immediately east 
and north of the public conservatories, commenced at the time 
the pid were constructed and prosecuted intermittently eve 
since, has now been completed, in accordance with the ori ae 
plan and contours, all the surfaces covered with top-soil, the 
water supply established, and the paths finished ; the area is thus 
prepared for the ceria of the additional boners designed to 
occupy this space. Some of this planting may be accomplished 
in the spring a ee already at hand in the nurseries. 
