20 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN. 
The yearly increase in the number of books and pam- | 
phiets in the library is shown on the diagram H. 
DIAGRAM H. ae 
—45000 
i—4.0000 me 
35000 ee 
Es ene 
ee cts 
30000 a 
L—25000 7 
2) t 9) t © Oo ° . 
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Botte 
BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS. 
The card index was increased by the addition of 27,471 
new cards, of which 2,724 were bought, at a cost of 
$27.86, 3,768 were presented, and 20,979 were written 
by employees. 
As now constituted, the library contains: — 
Paraphiete seo se a 98,606 
ee seamen ieee une >t 
41,158 valued at . . . $66,706 30 
Manuscriptvolumes ... . 66 fe ee 800 00 
oN os ee fC, ee gee OT BOS: BO 
Index cards... . . . . 302,955 - ieee a 3,029 55 
Total valuation of library . . . . . . . $70,535 85 
