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the special studies of the Director of the Laboratories, 
6,506 plants. 1,040 packets of seeds have been received, 
as follows: gift, 137; purchase, 365; exchange, 210; col- 
lected, 328. There have been collected in the grounds, 
in addition to the above, 120 packets. 
LaBetinc, Recorpinc AND Hersarium. This work 
has been under the direction of a gardener for the first 
four months of the year, and later of the head gardener’s 
assistant. One apprentice has been employed for ten 
months of the year in the preparation of labels, of which 
the following have been made: pinetum, 130; fruticetum, 
593; conservatories, 1,240; conservatory beds, 285; her- 
baceous grounds, 289; economic garden, 52; morphologic 
garden, 23; rose garden, 136; iris garden, 18; school 
garden, 4; horticultural collections, 333; dahlia collection, 
516; total, 3,619. 
Accession numbers 45,908 to 47,073 have been recorded, 
making a total of 1,166 accessions. 
The following plants have been received: by gift, 20,543 
(including the large collections of gladioli and dahlias), 
valued at about $7,800; by exchange 184; by purchase, 
1,394; by collections made by members of the staff and 
others, 639; derived from seeds from various sources, 358; 
total, 23,118. 
To the herbarium of cultivated plants about 200 speci- 
mens have been added. 
The collections contain approximately, including those 
native to the tract, 239 families, 2,108 genera, and about 
14,524 species and varieties. 
Miscellaneous Collections 
Included here are the following: morphologic garden; 
economic garden; collections of desert plants placed during 
the summer in the court of conservatory range 1; conser- 
vatory lily pools; aquatic garden; rhododendron collections 
in the vicinity of the lakes, at conservatory range 1, and 
in front of the museum; rose bed east of conservatory range 
