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This consisted of greenhouse plants rare or otherwise interest- 
ing. It aroused favorable comment because the plants were all 
distinctly labelled, and because most of the plants shown were 
unknown to the general public. 
Mr. Montague Free, who has been in immediate charge of the 
men in this force, besides giving many talks, demonstrations, 
etc., in connection with war garden work, has visited 37 war 
gardens in Brooklyn, as against 139 during 1917. 
As before, he has superintended the collection of seeds and 
preparation of the seed list, this year issued as a supplement to 
the 1916 collections. In all, 1,980 packages of seed were dis- 
tributed, and 697 received as an exchange from other institutions. 
Labelling and Other Clerical Work 
Beginning in 1918, loose-leaf lists have been adopted instead 
of a card catalog. Individual accession numbers have been 
replaced by consignment numbers as the plants are received. 
Numbers 18-1 to 18-48 were assigned during 1918, the first 
figure representing the year. Dr. Alfred Gundersen, who de- 
vised the new system, has also made location maps for out-door 
herbaceous and woody plants in the garden so that records on the 
labels are now for the first time thoroughly safeguarded. The 
number of labels pulled up each year has been a discouraging 
feature of the administration of the grounds, and these maps 
help materially in accurately repairing such vandalism. During 
the year 622 show labels were made by the labelling department. 
Gifts to the collection of living plants during the year are as 
follows: Miss Agnes V. Luther (1 plant and 1oo bulbs of Iris 
Hispanica var. Baroness von Humboldt) ; Miss Louise Doremus 
(7) ; Isaac Hicks & Son (15); H. C. Foster, Esq. (Gy) sealired TL. 
White, Esq. (4); Mrs. Alfred T. White (1); George P. Engel- 
hardt, Esq. (1); A. E. Hyde, Esq. (1); Mrs. J. Sanford (Ga) 
Miss Maud Purdy (1); Miss Ellen Eddy Shaw (2); Mr. San- 
born (1); Dr. H. B. Shaw (1); Mrs. Benjamin Prince (44) ; 
K. Strahan, Esq. (1); T. L. Van Norden, Esq. (1); Miss R. N. 
Reeves (1), and Professor T. D. A. Cockerell (6). 


