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plants, and the entries and corrections necessary in the card 
catalogue and in the accession book: he has also performed 
a lot of miscellaneous duties, including those of guide and 
usher at the nature-study lectures. In the work of label- 
making two apprentices for the entire time and a third for 
about two thirds of the time have been emploved; these also 
acted as guides at the nature-study lectures. 
In addition to the above I have had the use of one garden 
aid for a part of the time during the latter half of the year. 
He has aided Mr. Eggleston in his work on the herbaceous 
collections and in placing show labels in the hardy collec- 
tions, and in other miscellaneous duties; his services were 
also employed in demonstration work in the nature-study 
lectures. 
The following labels have been manufactured and placed 
in position during the past year, a total of 4,455: 
Herbaceous Grounds. «0.0.0.2... ccccceeeeeeeeeeen eee eeees 662 
pe te Garden 426. being ede OR ee 39 
2,106 
Pepe aeeaal Grounds at Nurseries .................6.. 129 
Pinetum....... ..e.e. eee 674 
Fruticetum 660 
Trees along road and paths 185 
The amount of work turned out by the labelers, with a 
force about equal to that of the previous year, is considerably 
in excess of that accomplished during 1905. This gain was 
the result primarily of transferring the labelers from the 
propagating houses to the museum, and of placing the work 
under the immediate direction of one of the apprentices. 
While the number of labels is not quite equal to that of 1905, 
the character of the labels manufactured must be taken into 
consideration. This past year over 1,500 of the labels have 
been of the type with lead face, wooden back and wire sup- 
ports. This style of label requires in its manufacture over 
twice the time necessary for any of the other styles. The 
number of this style made in 1905 was 68. I estimate that 
fully twenty per cent. more work has been accomplished than 
in the previous year. 
