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EDUCATIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC WorK 
The ae and scientific work of the Garden is accom- 
plishe 
I. Through its collections of labeled living plants in the grounds 
and greenhouses, some 13,000 different kinds of living plants 
being now represented. 
2. Through the labeled specimens of plants, products, photo- 
graphs, drawings, paintings and models in the public museums, 
the number of such labeled specimens being now over 12,000 
3. Through the herbarium, which contains about 1,500,000 
prepared and labeled specim 
4. Thro the library, containing over 24,000 bound volumes. 
5. ricien the laboratories, available for advanced students, 
equipped for botanical investigation in a wide range of subjects. 
y free illustrated public lectures delivered on Saturday 
cee from spring until late autum 
7. By lectures and demonstrations in botanical nature-study 
to children of the public schools, accompanied by ou the 
attendance at such lectures since 1905 has been over I10,0 
8. ocents, who guide visitors to points of special interest 
in the grounds and buildings. 
9. By answering inquiries which come by mail relative to a 
great range of botanical, horticultural and agricultural subjects. 
10. By supplying colleges and other institutions with plants 
and specimens for botanical study. 
11. By the publication of both popular and technical contribu- 
tions of botanical and horticultural knowledge. These publica- 
tions include Journal, 13 volumes; Bulletin, 7 volumes; Memoirs, 
4 volumes; Contributions, : volumes; North American Flora, 17 
iis sae a, 4 volum: 
. By exploration eeiions to regions little known botani- 
ee Te far over I00 such expeditions have been equipped, 
and valuable and unique collections have been brought back for 
the greenhouses, museums and herbarium from Cuba, Haiti, 
to Rico, Jamaica, St. Kitts, Dominica, Montserrat, the 
Bahamas, Bermuda, Mexico, Panama, Costa Rica, Lower 
