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labels have been made for this tract. The group of 
young Japanese cherry trees planted in the spring of 1913, 
the gift of Mrs. Florence Lydig Sturgis, is doing remarkably 
well. 
Pinetum. The conifer collections contain about 1,500 
specimens. There are 296 species and varieties, repre- 
senting 3 families and 20 genera, and 747 display labels 
have been made for this tract. The collections of spruces 
and firs have been rearranged, the less hardy kinds having 
been removed to more sheltered situations: the firs to the 
vicinity of the border at the elevated railway approach and 
to the depression near power house 1, and the spruces for 
the most part to the vicinity of the west border and the 
shrubbery groups in that neighborhood, and a few to the 
vicinity of the long bridge. The planting of Chamaecyparis 
in the triangle at the west end of conservatory range I 
has been enlarged, extending as a background to the her- 
baceous bed along the path. The herbaceous bed opposite 
has been provided with a background of a double row of 
Abies Vettchit. 
ViticetumM. About 50 species and varieties of climbers 
are represented here. 
Conservatories. Including those at the propagating 
houses, the collections of tender plants represent about 
9,000 species and varieties, embracing 207 families and 
1,520 genera. The total number of plants in the public 
conservatories is 17,327. 
Range 1. There are 10,712 plants in this range, dis- 
tributed as follows: house 1, 263; house 2, 394; house 3, 
465; house 4, 543; house 5, 1,318; house 6, 532; house 7, 
980; house 8, 644; house 9, 143; house 10, 869; house 11, 
448; house 12, 1,188; house 13, 532; house 14, 686; house 
15, 1,575; cellar, 132. Some 2,045 display labels have 
been made for these collections. 
Range 2. This range contains 6,525 plants, distributed 
as follows: house 1, 80; house 2, 140; house 3, 57; house 4, 
1,233; house 5, 2,056; house 6, 1,611; house 7, 1,230; run- 
way, 118. There have been 137 display labels added. 
