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A plow and disc-harrow, together with some other imple- 
ments which were purchased for the work, have not been 
included in this estimate, as the initial expense of such imple- 
ments is not properly chargeable to this account. 
Labels and Labeling 
The problem of labeling botanic garden collections presents 
some difficult educational and practical problems. To supply a 
label that would embody vour suggestions as to what should 
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covering in a popular way the plan and scope of the various 
sections of the Garden, necessitates the making of some sort of 
constitute the subject-matter of general or “blanket’ 
card or sheet under a glass frame, or otherwise protected. Some 
of these labels were put in frames glazed with heavy glass and 
made water-tight. This has been very satisfactory, but the 
objection seems to be that the glass is easily broken and then 
difficult to get out and replace. 
Labels printed on celluloid have proved fairly satisfactory, 
but those printed on cards and then veneered with a thin film 
ull-finish celluloid have proved by far the most satisfactory. 
Your suggestion of the manufacture of these celluloid labe 
and also of one printed on oil-cloth, which must be put to a 
longer test before a definite report can be made on it, indicates 
the possibility of evolving a large label for botanic gardens that 
will prove much more satisfactory than the framed and glazed 
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labels hitherto in common use. 
The individual plant labels have all been painted on wood, 
and leave somethine to be desired as to finish and design. It 
would be profitable in the long run to have metal labels for all 
plants of permanent tenure. IT have now under consideration a 
metal label that may perhaps be found useful, but a report on 
this would be premature at this time. All of the plants in the 
collection have been supplied with service labels of a suitable 
design and lasting quality. These are used for our own informa- 
tion, containing the plant accession number, section and bed 
number, and other convenient data. 
A system of accessioning and a card catalog of the collections 
have been started. and these serve as the basis for the labeling 
of all of the plants in the Garden. Accession numbers 1-773 have 
