( 188 ) 
following table is indicated the number of plants in each 
house : 
House no. 1 370 House no. 9 g2 
te 2 564 te 10 498 
“3 449 © rr 328 
7 4 431 a 12 818 
“5 1,490 “13 496 
“* 6 1,039 ‘14 599 
- a ee ‘* 15 15233 
be 8 907 
In the collections here and those at the propagating houses 
there are represented about 205 families, 1,400 genera and 
8,000 species and varieties, with a total number of specimens 
in both places of about 19,088. 
There have been made for these collections during the 
year, 2,204 zinc and 164 lead labels, making a total of 2,368. 
PropacaTinc Houses anp Nurseries. The study col- 
lections of the cactus and stonecrop families occupy the great 
part of houses nos. 5 and 6; a large part of house no. 4 has 
been at the disposal of the Director of the Laboratories, as 
has also a part of the nurseries. 
From outside sources there have been received 211 packets 
of seeds; of these 46 were obtained by gift, 75 by exchange, 
and 90 were collected by members of the staff. There have 
been collected in the various plantations 221 packets of seeds. 
The propagating houses, including the cold frames, contain 
8,998 specimens. 
LABELING, RECORDING AND HERBARIUM. The details of 
this work have been under the direction of Mr. Norman 
Taylor, who has had to assist him one garden aid and one 
gardener. 
In addition to 600 lead show labels repaired, the following 
new show labels, of various kinds, have been made: 
Arboretum 60 
IIerbaceous Grounds 996 
Morphological Garden .........0 cece eeeeeee eens 60 
Economic Garden.,......, 100 
