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SaLiceTUM. ‘The collections here remain as they were 
last year: 159 specimens, representing 2 genera and 39 
species and varieties. 
Decipuous Arporetum. Here there are I,120 speci- 
mens. The collection of deciduous trees contains, in- 
cluding those at the nurseries, 430 species and varieties, 
representing 31 families and 65 genera. 
Pinetum. ‘There are 1,720 specimens in this collection; 
they represent 3 families, 20 genera, and 267 species and 
varieties. 
ViticETtuM. There are 51 species and varieties repre- 
sented here. 
ConsERVATORIES. The collections under glass have 
representatives of 207 families, about 9,450 species and 
varieties. 
Range r. During the past year considerable changes 
have been made here in the arrangement of the collections. 
House I remains as before, the repository of the large 
palm specimens and a few specimens of other families. 
Houses 2 and 3 are now devoted to the collections of tropical 
exogens. House 4 contains, as before, large specimens of 
tropical plants. Houses 5 to 8, as formerly, have the 
desert collections. In house 9 there has been no change. 
House Io is now devoted entirely to the arum family, the 
pineapple family having been removed to range 2. House 
II remains as before, with the exception of the removal 
of the specimens of the pine-apple family to range 2. 
House 12 contains tropical endogens. In house 13 are the 
palms requiring somewhat cooler treatment than those in 
houses 1 and 15, and also other specimens requiring similar 
conditions. House 14 is at present vacant, but when the 
repairs are completed it will be devoted to specimens of 
the palm and panama-hat-plant families. House 15 
contains specimens of palms. In houses 2, 3,14, and 15 
the central benches have been removed, thus permitting 
placing there larger specimens than was formerly possible, 
and greatly adding to the appearance of the collections. 
