(194) 
1,397 have been received, as follows: by gift, 95; by exchange, 
1,233; collected on expeditions, 53. In addition to the 
above, 700 packets have been added through our own 
collections. 
LABELING, RECORDING AND HerBarium. Accession num- 
bers 35,002 to 37,036 have been recorded, making a total of 
2,035 accessions. Show labels to the number of 4,758 have 
been made, as follows: deciduous arboretum, 239; herbaceous 
grounds, 344; economic garden, 14; morphological garden, 4; 
west border, 72; fruticetum, 1,015; pinetum, 584; roads and 
paths, 785; conservatory decorative beds, 29; decorative 
beds, elevated approach to conservatories, 85; elevated 
approach border, 26; conservatory, range no. I, 1,425; 
conservatory pools, range no. I, 18; conservatories, range 
no. 2, III. 
The following plants have been acquired: by gift, 754, 
valued at about $600; by exchange, 1,291; by purchase, 
including 2,276 bulbs, 3,419; collections made by members 
of the staff and others, 880; derived from seeds from various 
sources, 2,438; total, 8,782. 
Additions to the collections of cultivated plants number 
445 specimens. An approximate estimate of the number of 
plants in each collection is as follows: conservatories, 8,650; 
herbaceous, 3,050; fruticetum, 800; salicetum, 40; deciduous 
arboretum, 295; pinetum, 285; viticetum, 50; total, 13,170. 
Miscellaneous Collections 
MorpuHo.ocicaL Garpen. An additional bed has been 
provided, containing plants illustrating mutation. Four 
show labels have been added. 
Economic Garpen. Fourteen show labels have been 
added. This is one of the most instructive of the collections, 
and attracts a large number of visitors. 
DersertT Piants. The increasing size of these collections, 
both in numbers and individuals, has made necessary the 
enlargement of the beds devoted to them in the court of 
conservatories, range no. 1. They are always a center of 
attraction for visitors to the conservatories. 
