10 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 
from six to eight feet has been necessary, and along the line 
of the new service road to the boiler house large quantities 
of dirt have been used to raise the level of the fruticetum to 
that of the road. 
14. Trespassing and Pilfering. Special attention has 
been paid to suppressing the depredations committed by 
asiat ices or vicious individuals. In such cases as seemed 
to warrant it, prosecutions have been successfully carried 
through, with a noticeable effect in reducing petty, as well 
as more serious, offenses. 
PLANTS CULTIVATED. 
Species or varieties to the number of 1,293 were added to 
the living collections in the course of the year, and 916 were 
lost or discarded, making a net gain of 377 and bringing 
the total recorded as now in cultivation to 12,451. 
These forms represent 1,875 genera belonging to 217 nat- 
ural families, a net addition of 55 genera and 14 families. 
— and seed additions for the year are tabulated as fol- _ 
ows: 
Plants or Packets Value 
PAPO pe Cs as es ey so ee nse ba TS ae Sa $3,571 08 
Donated or presented... o.oo os. cae oe 5,271 512 00 
Collected by employes 
dee Ue RNG er Si eri eee 3,224 573 72 
bo pda Se ee PG eas ee 509 50 65 
46,160 $4,707 45 
CORD PRION rs is oa cs Suk oh apey es .. 24,800 1,240 00 . 
Uae TMOG ee ee es 58,300 2,915 00 
i 129,259 $6,862 45 
Classified as to hardiness and other features of gardening 
interest the collection now comprises: 
Thallophytes: (Aparicneeaa) <<. is hc cece ese ass as 7 
BryOpnyes so ee a ty eee eee 15 
Pteridaphytes oes PE rn ec ee 245 
Spermatophytes 
Gymnosperms 
CYNE oe a ek ee es ee 38 
COMMEND oy toes Sie ee ee 131 
Angiosperms 
Treee-and whrebe ss oe ae 1,795 
