16 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN. 
The additions to the library in 1900 include 573 books 
and 31 pamphlets purchased, and 311 books and 456 
pamphlets, valued at $577.97, presented or sent in ex- 
change for Garden publications. The Secretary’s books 
show that during the year $4,009.54 was spent for addi- 
tions to the library and for binding and pamphlet covers. 
The card index has been enlarged by the incorporation 
of 5,368 new cards, of which 2,068 were bought, and 3,300 
were written by employees of the institution. 
As now constituted the library contains : — 
Pampniew -. so. ee 99,668 
Books (general) . .. . . 14,642 
34,304 valuedat. . . . $53,618 18 
Books (Sturtevant Prelinnean 
pe ss plea aie Be Seen nee alee 463.“ ee 2,315 00 
Manuscript volumes (Shaw, En- 
gelmann and Roetter) .. 66 - ER 5 3 800 00 
Total. . . . 34,833 = SOs ne a eee 20 
Index cards. 
Various . . -« « + « 206,815 
Sturtevant Index. . . 52,300 
i | rem |e Bs ss ieee 2,591 15 
Total valuation . . . . «© «© « «© « © «© « « 59,824 38 
The manuscript catalogue of the library, to which refer- 
ence has been made in previous reports,f has been increased 
by ‘‘ copy’’ cards for the books and pamphlets incorpo- 
rated during the year, but its publication is not yet con- 
sidered expedient. 
Of the small handbook on sale at the gate, 163 copies 
were sold in 1900, and 3 copies were given away. 
* The original number and arbitrary valuation of the collection pre- 
sented by Dr. Sturtevant. (Report. 8:21). On the Prelinnean shelves 
are now found a larger number of volumes than is indicated here, the 
accession and valuation of these, however, from year to year being 
included in the general accession lists and the valuation of the library as 
a whole. 
+ Report. 9316. 10:21. 11317. 
