(5) 



tion at the present time is about 1,800 and the number of in- 

 dividual specimens, nearly all of which are now in tubs or 

 potted, is 8,833. Naturally a great many duplicates have 

 been received and grown from seed, some of which have 

 been used in exchanges and some have been given away to 

 visitors. The arrangement of the specimens has been made 

 as nearly as practicable, under the conditions of temperature 

 and humidity into natural familes ; the central dome (House 

 No. 1), the house just east of it (No. 13) and the three houses 

 to the west of it (Nos. 2, 3, 4) are at present operated as 

 tropical houses under slightly different temperatures ; the two 

 eastern houses (Nos. 11, 12) are operated as temperate houses, 

 while the house forming part of the west wing of the range 

 (No. 5) is operated as a succulent house. House number 1 

 contains the palms and the cycads ; house number 2 contains 

 the smaller tropical ferns, tropical orchids and pitcher plants ; 

 house number 3, contains the begonias, the bromeliads, the 

 amaryllis family and a number of smaller families ; house 

 number 4 contains the large plants of the lily family such as 

 dracaenas and yuccas, the screw-pines, the bananas and 

 their relatives, the tree-ferns, the aroids, most of the century 

 plants and representees of other families ; house number 5 

 contains the cactuses, the crassulas and their relatives, the 

 aloes and other fleshy plants ; the contents of houses number 



11 and 12, operated as temperate houses, have not yet been 

 arranged into groups ; house number 13 contains representa- 

 tives of a number of tropical families. 



Awaiting the completion of the propagating houses it has 

 been necessary to use until within a few days parts of houses 



12 and 13 for the growth of seeds and cuttings, so that no 

 permanent arrangement in them has been as yet practicable. 



10. The Propagating Houses. These very useful structures 

 were essentially completed during the first week in the year, 

 so that we have now been able to remove to them nearly all 

 the seedlings, cuttings and duplicates not desired for exhibi- 

 tion in the main conservatories. 



11. Miscellaneous. Some planting has been done both in 



