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TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. 15 
growth, effectiveness of grouping, and the number of excep- 
tionally large plants has not before been equaled at the 
Garden. 
As in the preceding year, Oenotheras have been grown in 
large numbers, from seed of known parentage, primarily as 
material for continued investigation by Dr. Gates. About 
4,000 of these plants, representing 70 forms, of which 39 
were pure races and 31 artificial hybrids, were carried 
through the season. 
Plant and seed additions for the year may be tabulated as 
follows: 
Plants or 
Accessions Packets Value 
Mes tes, See ee 32 5,624 $ 459.31 
See ae ne 5,572 407.71 
Collected by employees 
In the Garden pe te 1 2,950 513.30 
a So ange ge eee eee 22: 1,924 156.03 
317 16,070 $1,536.35 
Cuttings raised ee eratse hs 1 17,103 855.15 
ane eee ee ee eae 1 31,513 2,205.91 
319 64,686 $4,597.41 
The exchange seed list issued at the beginning of the year 
included 2,643 species and varieties; and 9,538 packets of 
seeds, valued at $476.90, have been distributed to correspond- 
ents who made selections from the list. Living plants to the 
number of 277, valued at $35.40, have been distributed 
to exchanging institutions. 
Apart from the regular exchanges, 520 surplus plants, val- 
ued at $57.35, have been presented to schools and colleges for 
educational use; and 727 plants, removed from the ground 
on the approach of winter or remaining after the spring plant- 
ing, were given to charities. On the conclusion of the chrys- 
anthemum show, 2,500 cut flowers were distributed among 
the hospitals, ete., through the kindly intermediary of the 
Flower Committee of the Eighth District of Women’s Clubs. 
