(256) 
(including the large collection of tulips presented by John 
Scheepers, Inc.), valued at $2,668; by exchange, 265; by 
purchase, 316; by collection made by members of the 
staff and others, 383; derived from seeds from various 
sources, 345; total, 12,673. The herbarium of cultivated 
plants has been increased by 485 specimens. 
In the collections will be found, including those native 
to the tract, approximately 241 families, 2,139 genera, 
and about 14,614 species and varieties. 
Miscellaneous Collections 
Among these are included the following, in which no 
important changes have been made: morphologic garden; 
economic garden; collections of desert plants placed during 
the summer in the court of conservatory range 1; con- 
servatory lily pools; aquatic garden; rhododendron col- 
lections in the vicinity of the lakes, at conservatory range I, 
and in front of the museum; rose bed east of conservatory 
range 1; flower gardens in the immediate vicinity of 
conservatory range 1, at the elevated approach, and the 
west border; American wood garden; iris garden; mag- 
nolia garden; American thorn garden; white pine planta- 
tion; red pine plantation; lilac and peony garden. 
In the following collections changes have been made: 
Rost GarpEeNn. This has been developed along the lines 
originally adopted of making it a collection of roses, and 
is being visited by an increased number of people each 
year. No new beds were opened during the year past, the 
number remaining at 104. During the past year there 
have been 511 kinds in the collection, represented by 5,424 
plants; 126 show labels have been placed here. 
HorticutturaLt GarpEn. This has proved one of the 
most attractive features, and has been further developed 
during the past year. The construction of additional 
paths made necessary the elimination of certain beds and 
the opening of others to take their places. A total of 19 
beds were maintained; of these 13 were devoted to gladioli, 
