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tinued until finished, so that now all plants have metal data- 
labels. 
The herbarium of cultivated plants has been increased by 
943 sheets, most of which have been mounted and incorpo- 
rated. The herbarium itself has been thoroughly overhauled 
and placed on the Engler and Prantl sequence of families, 
the genera being arranged alphabetically under each family. 
This has put the collection in a condition for study, a work 
which is now going on, with especial reference to the fruti- 
cetum collections. 
The work of identifying the portions of the conservatory 
collections still unnamed is progressing. Fleshy plants, such 
as orchids, cacti, etc., are given preference as fast as they 
flower, for herbarium material of such plants is unsatisfac- 
tory. Herbarium material of other plants is made as fast as 
they come into flower, and these are being worked up as op- 
portunity offers. All the orchids which have flowered dur- 
ing my presence at the Garden during the past year have 
been identified, so that the orchid collection is now in much 
better shape as to names than ever before. Many interesting 
West Indian forms have been added to this particular family 
during the past year. 
The following table gives the approximate number of spe- 
cies in each collection, and the total number, both wild and 
cultivated, growing within the grounds: 
Contes ee ee ne eRe 6,588 
Herbaceous grounds 25948 
Fruticetum 665 
Arboretum 232 
Pinetum. 216 
Salicetum 28 
Viticetum 65 
Wild foraiscics cence on wspetindaeoned Geers Vestine aaa ete 860 
11,602 
A comparison of the above with the list of last year indi- 
cates a gain in species and varieties of 941. The greatest 
