Viticetum. To the vines already represented in this 

 collection 5 species have been added, making the total now 

 45- . 



Conservatories. When the new conservatories, known 

 as range no. 2, were ready for occupancy in June, a portion 

 of the collection, hitherto located in the old conservatories, 

 was transferred to the new. This transferral included the 

 tropical fern collection and related groups, and the collec- 

 tion of cycads. The plants installed at the conservatories 

 and at the propagating houses represent about 205 families, 

 1,425 genera, and 8,150 species and varieties, with a total 

 number of specimens of about 21,766. 



Range no. 1. The removal of the plants referred to 

 above required a rearrangement of the collections here. 

 The transferral of the tropical ferns left houses nos. 10 

 and 11 vacant. The aroids, bromeliads, and pitcher- 

 plants, hitherto in house no. 2, were removed to house no. 10. 

 The banana, ginger and canna families, forming a part of 

 the collections in houses nos. 3 and 4, took the place of the 

 tree-ferns in house no. 11. The removal of the cycads from 

 house no. 1, and the placing of the smaller specimens of 

 palms in house no. 2, gave opportunity for the spreading out 

 of the collection of palms; this has resulted in great benefit 

 to the specimens, many of which were becoming crowded 

 in their former positions. The removal of the plants of the 

 banana and ginger families from house no. 3 afforded needed 

 room for the spreading of the collections still remaining in 

 that house. The elimination of the same families from house 

 no. 4 provided room, not only for the better display of the 

 remaining plants in that house, but also furnished space 

 for many plants in houses nos. 7 and 8 which were becoming 

 much too crowded. The above removals, something over 

 1,000 plants, and the readjustments occasioned thereby, 

 have made no appreciable differences in the appearance of 

 the houses, thus indicating the great need for the new con- 

 servatories, on account of the crowded conditions in the old. 

 To accommodate the increasing collections, it will soon be 



