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families (yew and pine) unsatisfactory. We may well accept addi- 

 tional families long used in the revised Fngler's Syllabus. 



We have then outdoors at present twenty-one genera in five 

 families. The figures in parentheses are the numbers of species we 

 now have; varieties are not here included. 



Yew Family: Cephalotaxus (1), Taxus (3), Torreya (1). 



Araucaria Family: Araucaria (1). 



Fine Family (needles single): Allies (8), Picea (16), Pseu- 

 dotsuga ( 1 ) , Tsuga (5). 



Fine Family (needles in bundles) : Finns (5), Cedrus (3), Larix 

 (4), Fseudolarix (1 ). 



Bald Cypress Family: Cryptomeria (1), Sciadopitys (1), Se- 

 quoia ( 1 ) , Taxodium ( 1 ). 



Cypress Family: Chamaecyparis (5), Juniperus (7). Libocedrus 

 ( 1 ). Thuja (3), Thujopsis ( 1 ). 



Trees and Shrubs 



Mr. Charles F. Doney reports that during 1940 about 25 species 

 new to our garden were- added to the collections ot woody plants; 

 these include Akebia pentaphylla, Photinia glabra, Ilex yunnanen- 

 sis, Stauntonia hexaphylla, Staphylea Bolanderi, Viburnum macro- 

 cephalum, and others. About 40 new varieties were added to the 

 horticultural forms of ll'ei(/e!a, Hibiscus, and Philadelphus. In 

 the nursery and frames we have many rare plants, some received 

 in exchange, others grown from seed from foreign botanic gar- 

 dens, for example, Chinese plants such as Fortunearia sinensis, 

 Nyssa sinensis, Sorbus koehneana; also a number ot Western 

 American plants. 



From the List of Shrubs, published in the January Fkcori), it 

 appears that we have 266 genera, 1021 species, and 2M) varieties ot 

 shrubs now growing outdoors, not including the horticultural 

 varieties of lilac and rose. .About 135 metal and 110 wooden hang- 

 ing labels were put out during the year. 



Lilacs 



During about two weeks of lilac flowering, nearly all my time 

 was mven to the study of the characteristics of the varieties, with 



