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needed for satisfactory display and storage of the collec- 
tions. 
The number of kinds of plants now represented in out- 
door plantations and under glass aggregates very nearly 
14,000 species and varieties. Over 36,000 specimens were 
added to the museum and herbarium collections, these 
now aggregating considerably more than 1,500,000 speci- 
mens. The library was increased by over 900 volumes, the 
number of bound volumes being now 27,224. 
Attractive opportunities for investigation are furnished 
by these vast collections. During the New York meeting 
of the National Academy of Sciences in November, the 
Garden was visited by members of that organization, and 
the point was made that great additions to knowledge 
could be contributed by scientific study of the collections 
now brought together after twenty years’ effort, the spa- 
cious grounds and capacious buildings providing ample 
facilities, financial provision only for salaries and expenses 
of a staff of trained investigators, assistants, and gardeners 
being required to place the institution on the basis of a 
botanical and horticultural university. 
Public lectures were delivered to appreciative audiences 
on Saturday afternoons from April 3 to November 20. 
Docentry has been continued with schools and parties of 
adults, and is one of the most efficient methods we have - 
diseminacue information about the institution and i 
collections. There is a constant increase in the ee 
about plants and plant products requested by correspon- 
dents. Library and laboratory work was conducted with 
16 registered advanced students from colleges and uni- 
versities. Exploration was accomplished in Porto Rico, 
in eastern South America, in southern Florida, and in the 
Rocky Mountain region. 
Publications during the year include Volume 16 of the 
Journal, Volume 7 of Mycologia, 3 parts of North American 
Flora, 1 number of Bulletin, 1 volume of Memoirs, and 11 
numbers of Contributions. Most of these publications have 
