NINTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. 15 
correspondents of the Garden. The present composition 
of the herbarium is as follows: — 
The Engelmann herbarium (all groups), about......-. 97,800 specimens. 
The general herbarium :— 
Higher plants. 
The Bernhardi herbarium..... o seeeceeeee61,120 
The Redfield herbarium*.....+..ess++ee0 4,511 
Other specimens...... os boone we eee 108,532 
—— 169,163 = 
Thallophytes. 
The Bernhardi herbarium......--e+ee++-- 126 
Other specimens..... 0 cecccccesenecsccoes aol 
—— ‘(21,417 s 
————— 
Making a total of about......s.sssseseeeee 288,380 
Valued at... ccece eeoeoe reese eeeeeaseeesreere sent $28,838 00 
The following material, practically a part of the herba- 
rium facilities, is essentially the same as reported a year 
ago :— 
Wood specimens of various sizes.......+++.+++ 1,027, valued at $100 00 
Wood veneers, by Spurr, Hough, Nordlinger, 
and Michielsc:s< .v<s.:ss sccdaubieassssseeeee, F186 00 
Microscope slides, by Hough, Penhallow, Mun- 
roe, and others...... cocvasteesevescvecseed@ 1061, 4. 950-00 
Together........++. ee eee 4,332, se $505 00 
Favorable circumstances have made it possible to add to 
the library even more largely than to the herbarium during 
1897. In addition to a considerable number of sets of 
journals, proceedings of societies, etc., and many current 
works, procured from various sources, through the courtesy 
of a foreign dealer the Garden was able to secure practi- 
cally all of its desiderata from the libraries of the late 
French botanists, Baillon and Duchartre. The additions 
by purchase amount to 2,243 books and 3,456 pamphlets, 
the expenditure for purchases and binding amounting to 
$5,744.32; and 301 books and 1,756 pamphlets, appraised 
* So far as incorporated. 
