18 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN. 
The present composition of the herbarium is as fol- 
lows : — 
Engelmann Herbarium (all groups), about.......... 97,800 specimens. 
The General Herbarium: — 
Higher plants. 
The J. J. Bernhardi Herbarium..... 61,121 
The J. H. Redfield Herbarium*..... 11,506 
Other speciMens....+-.sseeeeeeeeee 114,965 
187,592 ™ 
Thallophytes. 
The J. J. Bernhardi Herbarium*.... 126 
Other specimens... -essescceeeeereee 21,942 
22,068 2 
Making a total of about.....0+..++eeee+ 307,460 - 
Valued at eeeteee eee ee ew teen eee e ewe eee $46,119 Oot 
The following, practically a part of the herbarium facili- 
ties, is essentially the same as for some years past: — 
Wood specimens of various sizes............++ 1,027, valued at $100 00 
Wood veneers, by Spurr, Hough, Nordlinger, 
WHO Michel os risen niiewevseess otees 085 - 2,254, “ 666 «155 00 
Microscope slides, by Hough, Penhallow, 
Munroe, and others....... re rererre coos 1,081, ~ * ** 950 00 
Together... ssescscccceccsccecccees 4,332, se © $505 00 
The library, which, when the Board assumed control of 
the Garden, contained the books and pamphlets of the late 
Dr. George Engelmann and a small but select collection of 
botanical works purchased at various times by Mr. Shaw, 
has each year grown in a gratifying manner, as has been 
* So far as yet incorporated. 
+ The valuation of such collections is purely arbitrary, since they 
could not be exactly replaced for any amount of money, in case of 
loss; but they are now, by direction of the Board, reappraised at $15.00 
per hundred mounted sheets, —a more accurate valuation, for such as 
could be replaced by purchase, or for the estimate of building up a new 
herbarium of mounted material in case of loss, than the previous valua- 
tion of $10.00 per century. 
t Rept. 8:20. 9:15. 
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