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SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. 29 
ments have been heard on the exhibition, which was 
viewed by about 25,000 people, — one-fourth of the visi- 
tors for the entire year. 
Accessions number 314, comprising 17,620 plants 
or packets of seeds. Of these, 680 plants, valued at 
$288.45, and 360 seed packets, valued at $22.65, were col- 
lected, and 26,845 plants, valued at $1,879.15, were prop- 
agated, by Garden employees; 7,745, representing 199 of 
the 314 entries and valued at $645.55, were presented or 
received in exchange for material or for Garden publi- 
cations; and 9,875, representing 67 entries, were pur- 
chased, the Secretary’s books showing an expenditure of 
$1,046.71 for such purchases, including transportation, 
duty or other charges. ; 
The records show that 2,345 species or varieties were 
added to the collection of living plants, while 576 were 
lost or discarded, leaving a net gain for the year of 1,769, 
and bringing the total of cultivated species up to 15,976, in 
contrast with the 14,207 noted for the preceding year.* 
In January the Gardenissued its first ‘exchange seed list,”’ 
which included 813 species or varieties, of which about 18 % 
were collected from wild plants of this vicinity, —the 
others being from Garden plants. The convenience of this 
list for correspondents was indicated by the receipt of 
greatly increased requests for seeds, so that the distribu- - 
tion of exchange material has been far greater than usual ; 
the total during the year amounting to 4,173 packets of 
seeds, valued at $417.30, and 1,320 plants, valued at 
$77.80. As in earlier years, surplus bedding plants, 
together with many of those removed from the grounds at 
the end of the season, including duplicates of ferns, 
begonias, etc., not needed for the houses, have been given 
to charities and schools. The latter distribution, of some 
800 plants, was effected largely through the effort of Miss 
* Rept. Mo. Bot. Gard. 163 14. 
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