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larly a seed exchange list, and was for several years the only 
garden doing so. Our endeavor is to make each list as rich as pos- 
sible in seeds of native American plants, and these are the plants 
for which there are the most frequent demands from foreign 
gardens. At present, seeds of herbaceous and woody plants are 
offered in alternate years. In 1928 seeds of 284 woody species 
were listed; in 1929 seeds of 642 herbaceous species. 
In 1928 the Garden received from other Gardens (European 
and Asiatic) seeds of over 1200 species; in 1929, nearly 1000 
species. 
3. Bureau oF INFORMATION 
a. Inquiries are daily received by letter, telephone, and per- 
sonal conference, in ever increasing number, from all parts of the 
United States and from foreign countries, concerning every aspect 
of plant life, gardening, and botanic gardens. A large fruit com- 
pany inquires about diseases of the banana; two institutions ask 
for a list of texts and other books to serve as the nucleus of new 
libraries; a representative of a State Public Service Commission 
inquires for a bibliography and information concerning market 
prices of the Ramie fiber plant; a representative of a large manu- 
facturing company in Mexico is loaned copies of the Journal of 
Agricultural Science for the purpose of making photostat copies 
of certain articles; a public school official of an Ohio city inquires 
where plant labels may be obtained to use in marking the trees and 
shrubs on the school grounds and adjacent park; a correspondent 
in California requests the addresses of firms that supply recording 
instruments needed in a study of the physiology of the cotton 
plant; a textile firm in New York consults colored illustrations and 
living specimens of South and Central American plants for designs 
for upholstery and drapery fabrics; the principal of a college in 
Wales comes for information concerning our educational work 
with children; a land and lumber company of Illinois inquires as 
to the best varieties of daffodils for planting naturalistically in its 
lawns; a bulb grower of the State of Washington requests per- 
mission to use in his advertising photographs of “ naturalized” 
bulb plantings at Brooklyn Botanic Garden; numerous artists are 
supplied with material to illustrate Baer iccttens of commercial 
plant products ; a Latin student obtains information concerning the 
