SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. 35 
Details concerning the larger exsiccatae of the herbarium 
are given in my last report,* and need not be repeated 
here, as only small current additions are to be noted. 
In addition to the herbarium and shelved or incorpo- 
rated exsiccatae, the following material should be noted as 
of the same general character : — 
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OR ioe NT eee Mii 
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Wood specimens of various sizes . . 800 valued at $ 55 00 
Wood veneers. ' 
Spurr’s cabinet of veneers from the 
Jesup collection . . . . . . . 6541 veneers, 
Hough, American Woods, 10 fascicles 750 * 
Michel, Feine Holzschnitte, 2 285 = “6 
Nordlinger, Querschnitte, 11 “. Binge =.“ 
Sykyta;DasHolz, ...1 ied 
Tokyo Imperial Museum, 
Useful Woods, © 3... 3..% 255 af 
Together . .. .25 “ 2,956 «¢ valued at $175 00 
Microscope slides. 
Penhallow, N. A. Coniferae. . . . 268 slides, 
Other alias. 3... ockdieee sae. *f 
Together... + ws even eta we gee «¢ valued at $410 00 
Total VAIURMOR <sth aos aes + tf ROO 
THE LIBRARY. 
As in 1904, the absence of a special appropriation for 
the purchase of books has prevented the addition to the 
library of large sets, but no difficulty has been experienced 
in providing books needed for work in hand; considerable 
further progress has been made in binding serials and the 
like, and the exchange relations of the Garden have added 
the customary large representation of the current publica- 
tions of learned bodies interested in botany. The librarian 
has also found time to increase largely the number of in- 
corporated authors’ separates, by cataloguing and shelving 
material already on hand in addition to current accessions. 
* Rept. Mo. Bot. Gard. 16:21. 
