hoped that experimenters will at all times.exercise care to preserve the 
original labels sent with the plants, or accurate plats showing the location 
and S.P.elI. number of each one, 
_ It will ‘be necessary for experimenters to preserve and refer to the 
Anndal: List of Plant Introductions, or to.the Inventories published by 
the Office, for information. regarding the plants. -Hach Inventory lists 
the seeds and plants imported during a period of three months. Its 
object 1s to serve as an historical record: it is not’ printed immediately 
following the arrival of the plants, but eighteen to twenty-four months 
later. The edition is limited, and it cannot be supplied to‘all. experi- 
menters, This makes essential the preservation of the Annual List as a 
work of reference, and the Office desires to urge upon its cooperators the 
importance of this step. Unless the Annual Lists are preserved, the Office 
will be flooded with inquiries from people who have received plants,’ and 
who desire information concerning them, Such inquiries involve mach un- 
necessary labor and expense. 
For convenience in using the Annual List, after each description 
is given, in parenthesis, the name of the Garden from which the plants 
will be sent, 
