Orchid display in the U.S. Botanic Garden Conservatory. 



new material are made through commercial companies as 

 well as private collectors. Other acquisitions are regularly 

 made through trades with other public institutions, both in 

 this country and abroad, and through a sizeable number 

 of donations— especially orchids. The Garden does not trade 

 specimens with private collectors, nor does it sell any items. 25 

 Although the Garden has no membership and does not 

 sell plants or seeds, it does share information and exchange 



25 Hughes, U.S. Botanic Garden, p. 142. 



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