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A portion of the nursery has also been set aside for such 
work, and has been properly guarded by placing a high wire 
fence around it. 
Packets of seed to the number of 2,684 have been received. 
During the summer 500 packets of seed were collected, in 
great part of annuals, in order that such species may be per- 
petuated in the collections. 
A rearrangement of the nurseries was started in the fall, 
and a large portion of the area devoted to deciduous woody 
plants was overhauled. Such material as could be trans- 
planted to the systematic collections was thus disposed of. 
Of the remainder, such as was needed for decorative work or 
to safeguard the integrity of the systematic collections was 
retained; the surplus was disposed of by exchange or other- 
wise. 
In the propagating houses there are now, excluding those 
in no. 4, 8,918 plants and 242 seed pans of seed. In the 
cold frames there are 1,070 plants. 
In the nurseries there are 1,280 specimens of deciduous 
shrubs and trees; of conifers 920 specimens; and of her- 
baceous plants 3,000 specimens. 
Labeling, Recording and Herbarium. The details of 
this work have been under the direction of two garden aids. 
Mr. Norman Taylor has had charge of it for the conserva- 
tory collection. In addition to this he has superintended the 
work done on the card catalogue, and all changes and cor- 
rections in names in the accession books have been made 
under his direction. 
My other aid, Mr. W. W. Eggleston, has had charge of 
the same work for the outdoor collections. In addition to 
this he has had under his direction the accessioning of all 
material, both of seeds and plants. 
Either three or four apprentices, varying at different times, 
have been employed in carrying out this work, under the 
immediate direction of the garden aids. Each aid attends to 
the labeling of the herbarium specimens relating to the col- 
lections under his control and to their proper incorporation in 
the herbarium of cultivated plants. 
