
          IMPORTANT NOTE REGARDING LABELS.

THE PROBLEM OF PERMANENT LABELS FOR THE NEW PLANTS SENT OUT TO EXPERIMENTERS HAS BEEN A VERY DIFFICULT AND EXPENSIVE ONE. IN PAST YEARS DESCRIPTIVE LABELS BEARING ABOUT FIFTY WORDS OF TEXT HAVE BEEN ATTACHED TO THE PLANTS BUT IT HAS BEEN FOUND IMPRACTICABLE TO MAKE THESE REALLY PERMANENT. THIS SEASON A DIFFERENT PROCEDURE WILL BE ATTEMPTED. EVERY PLANT WILL GO OUT WITH A PERMANENT ZINC NUMBERED TAG ATTACHED TO IT AND A LONG-LIVED PAPER TAG. THE ZINC TAG, WHICH WILL LAST FOR ABOUT TEN YEARS, WILL BEAR THE SEED AND PLANT INTRODUCTION (S.P.I.) NUMBER AND THE 
PAPER TAG WILL BEAR BOTH THE NUMBER AND NAME. THIS ANNUAL LIST  GIVES A FULL ACCOUNT OF EACH PLANT SPECIES OR VARIETY BY NUMBER AND  BY NAME SO THAT YOU MUST KEEP THIS ANNUAL LIST IF YOU DESIRE TO KNOW 
WHAT YOUR PLANTS ARE.

All plants intended for distribution to experimenters are inspected 
at the Plant Introduction Gardens by officers of the Federal Horticultural 
Board. At the time this Annual List goes to press the inspection 
has not been made. It is possible, therefore, that quarantine regulations 
may prohibit the distribution of a few plants herein described.
        