(340) 
There are here 8,034 plants, distributed as follows: house 1, 
300, house 2, 708; house 3, 861; house 4, 438; house 5, 
1,365; house 6, 459; house 7, 1,043; house 8, 664; house 9, 
146; house 10, §16; house 11, 422; house 12, 718; house 13, 
168; house 14, empty; house 15, 226. 
Range 2. The collections have been re-arranged to some 
extent, the collection of bromeliads, formerly at range I, 
having been brought here. The numbering of the houses 
has been somewhat changed, as follows: the central house 
is known as the Central Display House; the houses to the 
north have been given even numbers, while those planned 
for the south will bear the odd numbers. Signs bearing 
these designations have been placed at the entrances to all 
houses. 
There are here 6,309 plants, distributed as follows: 
central display house, 600, cool-house plants; house 2A, 
945, cool-house orchids; house 2B 727, intermediate-house 
orchids; house 4, 70; house 6A, 668, bromeliads; house 6B, 
716, stove-house orchids; house 8B, 179; house 10, 1,050, 
ferns and fern allies, with a few cycads; house 14, 1,080, 
cool-house plants; house 16, 40, cycads; house 18, 136, 
tree ferns and other large fern specimens; house 20, 98, 
tree ferns and other large fern specimens. 
Propagating Houses and Nurseries. House 3 and a part 
of house 4 have been used by the soldiers and sailors in 
their class work; the Director of the Laboratories has had 
the use of a part of house 4 and house 2; houses 5 and 6 
contain the study collection of cacti; houses 1 and 7, with 
small areas in the other houses, have been available for 
propagating purposes. There are here, exclusive of the 
plants used by the Director of the Laboratories, 4,634 
plants. 
Labeling, Recording and Herbarium 
The work here has been in charge of the head gardener’s 
assistant with a label boy for a part of the time. The 
following labels have been prepared: deciduous arboretum, 
25; fruticetum, 254; conservatory range I, 206; conserva- 
