Work of Beautifying the Yard

The work begun last year of cutting down the dead elm tres in the Yard and transplanting in their places young oaks which are as yet practically immune from destructive pests, will begin again immediately. As no effective means has been found of extirpating the insects, and as the trees are rapidly dying, this is the only alternative. A large number of oaks have been ordered from a nursery in West Chester, Pennsylvania, some of them four inches in diameter.

In order further to beautify the Yard, fresh vines and shrubs are being transplanted around many of the buildings in the quadrangle between Holworthy and Grays. Ground has already been broken for them in some places.