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lections here comprise 11,981 plants, distributed as follows: 
house no. 1, 275; no. 2, 434; no. 3, 618; no. 4, 512; no. 5, 
1,524; no. 6, 746; no. 7, 1,018; no. 8, 569; no. 9, 148; no. 10, 
1,006; no. II, 367; no. 12, 1,225; no. 13, 555; no. 14, 749; 
no. 15, 2,080; cellar, 155. 
Upon the completion of the additional houses at range 
no. 2 a portion of the orchid collection in house no. 15 was 
moved to the new houses. 
Range No. 2. Show labels added, 111. The plants in 
the houses of this range number 5,678, distributed as 
follows: house no. I, 78; no. 2, 1373 no. 3, 573; no. 4, 1,045; 
no. 5, 1,950; no. 6, 1,192; no. 7, 1,203; cellar, 16. 
As previously noted, late in the summer a part of the 
orchid collection from range no. 1 was moved here; also 
the orchids which had formerly been at the propagating 
houses. The bromeliads, also formerly at the propagating 
houses, now form a part of the collections of range no. 2. 
The north house of the two new ones is for East Indian 
orchids and others requiring a higher night temperature and 
greater humidity. 
PropacaTinc Houses anp Nurseries. These have 
been taxed to their utmost capacity during the past year 
by the great increase in the amount of work in plant breeding 
being carried on by the Director of the Laboratories. House 
no. 2 is entirely devoted to experiments along this line. 
The area in the nurseries enclosed by the wire fence was 
entirely given over to this work, and during the coming year 
additional space will be required to carry on this work. 
This great increase in the amount of work will require the 
services of another man during the summer. Houses 
nos. 5 and 6 have been given over entirely to the collection 
of desert plants, mostly cacti. In addition to the above a 
great amount of propagation is necessary to supply the 
plants required for the increasing decorative flower beds. 
The plants in the propagating houses, excluding those 
under the immediate control of the Director of the Labore 
atories, number 11,435. Packets of seeds to the number of 
