(254) 
representative of 3 families, 20 genera, and 267 species 
and varieties. The yew collection was increased by the 
addition of 26 specimens taken from the beds at conserva- 
tory range 1. While this added no new forms, they 
extended considerably the size of the collection, making a 
large group to the north of the transverse path. 
ViticETuM. Here 51 species and varieties are repre- 
sented. 
CoNnsERVATORIES. The tender collections have repre- 
sentatives of 207 families and about 9,400 species and 
varieties, including some still at the propagating houses. 
ange xr. There are here 8,562 plants. Owing to 
repairs being made on houses 12 and 15 these at present 
contain no plants. The plants are distributed as follows: 
house 1, 268; house 2, 275; house 3, 463; house 4, 674; 
house 5, 1,810; house 6, 530; house 7, 822; house 8, 688; 
house 9, 146; house 10, 1,008; house 11, 437; house 13, 
315; house 14, 1,126; 261 show labels have been placed 
ere. 
Range 2. The plants belonging here, and which had 
been temporarily crowded with those at range I, were 
returned during the late summer and fall. The tree ferns 
and the larger specimens of the other ferns are in their 
old position, the westerly two houses of the transverse 
north range, the large cycads again occupying the easterly 
house. In the westerly low house are the temperate 
plants, in the next house the main collection of ferns, and 
in that next the orchids. The new orchid house given by 
the Messrs. Guggenheim is not yet ready for occupancy. 
The 5,038 plants here are distributed as follows: westerly 
tree fern house, 81; second tree fern house, 115; cycad 
house, 39; temperate plant house, 947; fern house, 1,060; 
north orchid house, 952; south orchid house, 1,310; central 
display house, 486; runway, 38; cellar, 10; 320 show 
labels have been placed here. 
The central display house, given by Mr. Daniel Guggen- 
heim and Mr. Murry Guggenheim, has proved of especial 
