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REPORT OF THE CURATOR OF PLANTS FOR 1938 



To THE Director. 



Herewith I respectfnll}' sul)niit report for the year 1938: 



\\^ooi)Y Plants 



Mr. Charles F. Doney, assistant in woody plants, rei)orts that 

 about fifty additional si)ecies were planted on the grounds, among 

 them may he mentioned Ad'uia rubella, I'auicria fricuspidafa. Bcii- 

 zoi}i umhcUaliiui, Abeliopliylliini disticliiiiii, Catalpa Diicloiixii. 

 Abclia chincusis, I'ibitnunii dilataliiin var. xaiifliocarpiiui, and 

 Zanthoxyhiui plaiiispiiiitiu. 



Plans are ])eing made for rearrangement of the l\'a Family. 

 Numlx'rs were ]daeed on ])()sts of the fence along hdathush Av- 

 enue, as marks of reference, with a view to using the adjacent 

 border mound for excess nursery material, gradually replacing 

 common plants l)y more or less uncommon ones. 



Maps and lists of shrubs in the systematic section have been 

 remade and improved by Air. Emil Parens, WPA assistant. 



For some years we have used small woodeu suspended labels, 

 painted green, for labeling shrubs, ddiough often lost, these have 

 proved very satisfactory because of the ease and cheapness with 

 which they can be replaced. 



Herbaceolls Plants 



In connection with the spring course on Herbaceous Plants, 

 an inventor}' was made each week of plants in the beds and in the 

 rock garden as they came into iiower. hh-om Sei)lember Mrs. 

 Margaret Putz has devoted her entire time to hcrl)aceous ])lants. 

 The collection of herbarium s])ecimens of cultivated herbaceous 

 ])lants has ])een improved. Determination of mateiaal must to a 

 large extent be done during the winter. With few excei)tions our 

 outdoor woody i)lants are included in Kehder's Alanual, but for 

 oui" increasing and more changing collection of herbaceous ])lants 

 we must turn in part to works from many countries and with 

 different nomenclature and points of view. Attempting to unify 

 these to some extent for our collections, we have begun to make 



