(116) 
exchange, 350; by purchase, 16,300, including 11,005 bulbs; 
by collections made by members of the staff and others, 
2,562; derived from seeds from various sources, 1,267; 
total, 29,098. 
The herbarium of cultivated plants has been increased 
by about 1,250 specimens. The collections contain ap- 
proximately the following number of species and varieties: 
conservatories, 9,240; herbaceous grounds, 3,055; fruti- 
cetum, 914; salicetum, 47; deciduous arboretum, 340; 
p netum, 303; viticetum, 50; total, 13,949. 
Miscellaneous Collections 
Under this heading are contained: the morphologic 
garden; the economic garden; the collections of desert plants 
placed during the summer in the court of conservatory range 
1; the conservatory lily pools; the aquatic garden; the rhodo- 
dendron banks in the vicinity of the lakes; the rose bed, 
east of conservatory range I; the flower gardens in the 
immediate vicinity of conservatory range I, at the ele- 
vated approach, the west border, and along the path from 
the elevated railway to the conservatory; and groups of 
shrubbery in many parts of the grounds. 
During the spring, a new coilection of rhododendrons 
was started at conservatory range I by aid of the John 
Innes Kane Fund. This is located on the north side of 
the range, the west end, and contains 176 plants, repre- 
senting 16 kinds. 
AMERICAN Woop GARDEN. On a wooded easterly slope 
between the fruticetum and the low-lying ground bordering 
the river, a col'ection of American wood-loving plants 
was starte There were 1,727 specimens installed here, 
serene about 123 species, mostly acquired by pur- 
chase. Most of them did very well, but it will require the 
test of a winter and summer to decade which will survive 
in this climate. 
