92 DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS. 



DISTRIBUTION OF PLANTS, BULBS, ETC. 



During the year the customaiy distribution of plants has been 



maintained, the records showing that the following sorts, to the num- 

 ber indicated, have been distributed : 



Bedding plants 9, 708 



Bnlbs: 



Congressional distribution 98, 874 



Miscellaneons distribiition . 25, 520 



Camphor plants 850 



Chrysanthemums 98 



Citnas trifoliata 3,209 



Coffee 16 



Dracaena 88 



Ferns 173 



Fig cuttings 2,150 



Grape^dnes: 



Congressional distribution . 14, 920 



Miscellaneous distribution 1, 085 



Greenhouse plants 331 



Olive plants 568 



Palms 556 



Privet cuttings . . . . 4, 850 



Roses 806 



Riibber plants 561 



Shrubs 1,330 



Strawberry plants: 



Congressional distribution 53, 780 



Miscellaneous distribution . 3, 643 



Tea plants 4,013 



Trees: 



Congressional distribution 22, 319 



Miscellaneous distribution 1 , 866 



Vines - 256 



Miscellaneous plants 3, 532 



Total 255,102 



PLANS FOR FUTURE WORK. 



Every effort will be made to render the Experimental Gardens and 

 Grounds an aid to horticulturists of all classes. The floricultural 

 work with lilies, roses, carnations, and violets now under way will be 

 continued until decided results have been secured. New work, look- 

 ing to the betterment of the. florist's conditions, will be taken up as 

 rapidl}" as space and force will permit. 



Improved methods of propagating plants, particularly those which 

 are difficult and uncertain, will be continually under way. A plan 

 to establish and maintain a garden in which wild plants possessing 

 merit or value, either for ornamental, medicinal, or other economic 

 purposes, has been evolved and will be put into operation during the 

 current year. Prof. Charles F. Wheeler, of the Michigan Agricul- 

 tural College, has been placed in charge of this novel feature of the 

 development of the grounds. His attainments along this line assure 

 a speedj^ and valuable development of the idea. The wild garden 

 will serve not only to illustrate the value of our native plants for 

 cultural purjjoses, but they will be so grouped as to illustrate their 

 value for landscape effect. An important feature of the work will 

 be to determine the methods of propagating and cultivating these 

 wild plants, in order that success may follow their introduction into 

 improved areas. 



