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as of lilac, rose-of-sharon, and others, to better delimit the 
families. 
The Iris Plantings have been in the special care of Dr. George 
M. Reed, who reports as follows: 
The Garden now has an excellent collection of varieties of tall 
bearded irises, the total number represented being approxi- 
mately 375. During the past year, Mrs. C. S. McKinney and 
Mrs. E. A. S. Peckham sent to us a few varieties. Seventy- 
eight varieties were obtained from the American Iris Society, 
which replanted its extensive collection at the New York Botanical 
Garden and sent us a number of varieties which we had requested. 
Mr. Robert Wayman, Bayside, L. I., presented to the Botanic Gar- 
den 108 varieties. His contribution is a very valuable one since 
many of the varieties sent are recent introductions, while the 
others were valuable older varieties which we did not have in 
our collection. A special bed has been prepared and devoted 
to twenty of the best tall bearded varieties, based upon the 
symposium of the American Iris Society. 
An attempt is being made to grow several species belonging 
to the sections Oncocyclus and Regelia, and hybrids between 
members of these two sections. A special cold frame has been 
prepared and a number of species and twelve varieties of hybrids 
have been planted. 
Our collection also contains a number of interesting varieties 
obtained by crossing the Oncocyclus and Pogoniris group. The 
collection at the present time includes Anemopsis, Duilkush, 
ady Lilford, Nazarin, Parsam, Paracina, Semele, Shushan, Sir 
Trevor Lawrence and Zwanenburg. Several of these bloomed 
successfully last year while the others have recently been added. 
Labels and Signs 
Labels and signs were made in our Label Department by Mr. 
John McCallum, as follows: 
Steel labels for the herbaceous beds... ....c8 22) de tes 203 
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eadMabelstonwoody plants: 0.2.0 fy 5.245 ses ten eee 74 
Lead labels for conservatory plants........................ IOI 
pearl labele forse OC PArGen sis: ccs aoa s minions fupmeepece 36 
Small woods la below vicixw: vis cnecndee este eemeety none eet eee 163 
