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REPORT OF THE HEAD GARDENER 
To THE DiRECTOR-IN-CHIEF : 
Str: Ihave the honor to submit the following report as 
Head Gardener for the year 1904. 
Systematic Collections 
Herbaceous Grounds. No alterations have been made in 
the arrangement of this plantation. There have been grown 
in the herbaceous collections during the year, including some 
still at the nurseries, 2,320 species. There have been added 
during the year 216 show labels. 
Fruticetum. There are now in this collection 1,442 plants, 
representing, including some few still at the nurseries, 693 
species and varieties. ‘The completion of the grading in the 
area between the west lake and the driveway to the north 
permitted of the permanent planting of this tract, and plants 
representing the genera Sambucus, Symphoricarpos and Dier- 
villa were transplanted in accordance with the plan employed 
in the remainder of the collection. The collection of speci- 
mens of Wezgela and Adel/a, temporarily located in the 
vicinity of the honeysuckles, were transplanted to this newly 
graded area, and form a permanent group along the drive- 
way. The large triangle in the immediate vicinity was also 
planted with 29 specimens of the genus Vrburnum, removed 
from the triangle south of the Museum. ‘To the collections 
here have been added 198 show labels. 
Salicetum. This collection of willows in the north meadows 
remains as it was, with 45 species and varieties and 125 
specimens. 
Deciduous Arboretum. There are in this collection, in- 
cluding those still at the nurseries and native to the tract, 255 
species and varieties. The arboretum now contains in place 
392 specimens. 
Pinetum. Including those still at the nurseries, there are 
now represented 270 species and varieties. Of these 190 are 
in place in the pinetum itself, represented by 850 specimens. 
There have been added 44 show labels. 
