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20 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN. 
Sundays and holidays, the Garden is always open to every- 
body, and free of all charge. 
LIBRARY. 
The provision of a library and herbarium for purposes 
of scientific research, in addition to the maintenance of a 
beautiful and instructive garden, are among the designated 
purposes of the founder of the Garden. 
A small but good nucleus of a botanical and gardening ‘ 
library came into possession of the Trustees when they as- 
sumed charge of the property. To this the special libraries 
of the late Dr. George Engelmann and of the Director, and, 
later, the collection of early books of the late Dr. E. L. 
Sturtevant, have been added by gift. Further smaller 
gifts have been received every year, and purchases have 
been liberally made, a yearly average of $4,418.82 having 
been spent on the likrary, including salaries, fuel, pur- 
chases and binding. From somewhat less than 5,000 
numbers, the library has thus been brought to a present 
total of about 51,000 books and pamphlets, —a tenfold 
increase. It is now justly ranked as the foremost botan- 
ical library in the country, and compares favorably with 
the great libraries of the Old World. Its present valuation 
is $84,248.35. 
HERBARIUM. 
In the same manner, the Bernhardi and Riehl herbaria, 
bought by Mr. Shaw and numbering about 60,000 speci- 
mens, were almost immediately added to by the gift of the 
invaluable Engelmann herbarium, of nearly 100,009 speci- 
mens; and gifts, exchange and purchase have further 
brought the number of. specimens of dried plants at the 
Garden up to a present total of about 524,000, — eighty- 
seven times the original number. On the herbarium, an 
average of $2,531.91 has been spent yearly, for salaries, 
fuel and purchases; its present valuation is $79,216.75. 
