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Annual Report 
mentioned, about 13,000 young shrubs in the nursery for lining 
out this coming spring. Added to this stock, large importations 
from France of small shrubs and trees, with few exceptions, are 
growing well ; some have already found their way into our parks, 
and quite a few more will do so this coming spring. In collected 
stock results were not so successful, as not more than 50 per cent 
of this stock grew. It is rather a difficult matter to obtain satis- 
factory collected lining-out material for growing in the nursery, 
unless very close personal observation is maintained when col- 
lecting, and this we are not in a position to do. 
The nursery supplied during the past year, for use in our 
parks, 973 large forest trees, 452 trees of a dwarf nature, such 
as cornus Florida, red bud, etc., 232 conifers in about eight varie- 
ties, and 4,920 shrubs, valued at $2,210, a very conservative 
estimate being taken. In addition to this we supplied trees to 
the City Waterworks to the value of $260. 
One more feature upon which we can not put an estimate is 
the dispatch with which we get our trees, plants and shrubs from 
the nurseiy grounds to the grounds into which they are to be 
permanently planted. This is not only a saving of time, work, 
waiting for goods, expense, etc., but assures a greater degree of 
success in transplanting and future quick growth. 
We have on hand at the nursery at the present time 6,737 
trees and 7,647 shrubs in the larger sizes, all available for imme- 
diate use in our various parks. 
One hundred and seventy-five two-horse loads of manure were 
hauled to the nursery, and twenty-eis^ht additional loads were 
hauled by the nursery team to the Hubbard Tract and used as a 
surface diessing. 
Wulsin Tract 
On this tract the department has set stakes for grading and 
given the necessary levels to shape up this piece of ground, 
according to plans prepared by Mr. Kessler. The contract for 
this work was let by Mr. Wulsin and other gentlemen of Hyde 
Park, and the work was done under their direction and paid 
for by them. There is still considerable work to be done here 
of a landscape nature, path building and flower bedding. 
