SECOND ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. 25 
been begun on the Bernhardi herbarium,* which will be 
mounted in the same manner as the other collections already 
referred to. 
The library has received constant additions during the 
year, some $6,000.00 having been expended for the pur- 
chase of books, while numerous correspondents have made 
donations, — mainly of pamphlets. Among the donors 
should be mentioned especially the officers of several Gov- 
ernment Bureaus and of many of the Agricultural Experi- 
ment Stations, whose publications are regularly received. 
As the publications from the Garden come to possess more 
botanical and horticultural value, they will doubtless prove 
the means of increasing the library considerably by way of 
exchange. Thus far, little attention has been paid to the 
purchase of recent works, the available funds having been 
mainly used in securing the rarer old books, and complete 
sets of necessary serials. About $400.00 additional has been 
expended for subscriptions to current periodicals. 
Until a new building is erected for the reception of the 
library and herbarium, and for office purposes, no attempt 
can be made to form a museum, and the specimens collect- 
ed by Mr. Shaw for this purpose have suffered to such an 
extent as to be for the most part worthless, owing to the 
ravages of insects and the accumulation of dust during many 
years. But when the formation of a new collection be- 
comes possible, it will prove one of the most interesting 
and instructive adjuncts of the Garden. ; 
In my last report, mention was made of provisions for 
appointing six garden pupils on scholarships. Five of these 
scholarships were awarded in March last, on the results of 
examinations. One was subsequently resigned by Mr. J. 
W. Dunford, who has been appointed an Assistant Gar- 
* Purchased for the Garden in 1858 by the late Dr. Engelmann, and 
stated to contain about 40,000 specimens. — Engelmann in Trans, St. 
Louis Academy, i. p. 316. 
