18 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN. 
For a number of years, wood specimens, thin veneers of 
wood, and mounted slides, largely of woods, have been 
accumulating at the Garden. These specimens, assignable 
to the capital stock account of the Secretary as adjuncts of 
the herbarium, are now inventoried as follows: — 
Wood specimens of various sizeS,......++.++0+- 1,027, valued at $100 00 
Wood veneers, by Spurr, Hough, Nordlinger, . 
ie I Cir ae ccanne o4 0 6d0. chvéiageti nies 2,229, .* “ 150 00 
Microscope slides, by Penhallow, Hough, Mun- 
TOC, AN Others..-2.eeceecee rece ccecssceces 1,051,-~** ‘6 250 00 
Together. occ esse cevscvesvessscce 4,307, * “© $500 00 
In 1895, $3,764.00 was spent for purchases and binding 
for the library, which has been increased by 1,150 books 
and 147 pamphlets purchased, and 314 books valued at 
$603.15, and 961 pamphlets valued at $196.82, donated or 
received in exchange for the publications of the Garden. 
Early in the season, a few of the drawings and preliminary 
sketches of the late Paulus Roetter, the delineator of the 
-Cactaceae for Engelmann’s classical work on that group, 
were purchased of his daughter, and have been bound in a 
volume which is placed beside the Engelmann MSS. in 
the library. After a number of efforts to place an exact 
valuation upon the Sturtevant Prelinnean library,* this 
collection has been arbitrarily appraised at $5.00 per 
volume,— a low average,— and will be added to the capital 
stock account by the Secretary, with the accessions for the 
year. The work of indexing the plant illustrations in the 
library has been continued through the year, 36,057 cards, 
mainly of this class, having been added. 
As now constituted, therefore, the library contains: — 
Pamphlets......sseseeee eos 10,930 
Books (general) .....-..+.- 9,095 valued at ...--cecceerees $32,294 23 
“¢ (Sturtevant) .......-- 463 $6 Lc ccccccecccnes 2,315 00 
“«¢ = (Engelmann, MSS.).. 60 R60 tea e's caieg eae be 600 00 
“«¢  (Roetter, MSS.)...... } ei deta rr ee 100 00 
babi caves cit nh 20,549 4 = cai akaoomee $35,309 23 
Index Cards... ccsccoccecces 146,057 Cb pence se egaliven 1,460 57 
* Fourth Report, 14; Fifth Report, 16; Sixth Report, 16. 
