NINETEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. 



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residue have been made up into 39 sets for distribution to 

 the principal herbaria of the world, where, being especially 

 rich in typical illustration of the Texan flora, they will prove 

 of much value. 

 The herbarium, so far as now mounted, consists of: 



The Engelmann Herbarium (all groups) 9 7,859 specimens 



The General Herbarium: 



Higher plants. 



The J. J. Bernhardi Herbarium « 

 The Henry Eggert Herbarium* « 

 The J, H. Redfield Herbarium 

 The Sturtevant and Smith Her- 



61,338 

 23,495 

 16,447 



barium 7,446 



The Gustav Jermy Herbarium 



4,789 



The A. W. Chapman Herbarium* 3,536 

 The Julien Reverchon Herbarium* 17,210 



The Nicholas Riehl Herbarium 



3,359 



Other specimens 312,065 449,682 '' 



Thallophytes. 



The J. J. Bernhardi Herbarium* 

 The Gustav Jermy Herbarium 



The S. M. Tracy Herbarium* . . 



The Wm. Trelease Herbarium 



610 



1,659 

 4,312 



1 1 ,000 



Other specimens 30,021 47,602 



(( 



Making a total of 



595,143 



(£ 



Valued at 



$89,271 45t 



Supplementing the herbarium, and the shelved or incor- 

 porated cxsiccatae, which are here counted as a part of it,{ 

 the Garden possesses specimens of economic plant-products, 

 woods, seeds, etc., valued at $175.00, and 1,851 preparations 

 for microscopic study, valued at $410.00, which have not 

 been added to since their enumeration in my last report. § 



THE LIBRARY. 



Thou 



no 



standing 



appropriation for the purchase of 

 books has been available, the maintenance allowance has 

 sufficed for more important current publications, and 



* So far as yet incorporated. 



t This valuation at the rate of $15.00 per hundred mounted sheets. 



X Rept. Mo. Bot. Gard, 16: 21- 



§ Rept. Mo. Bot. Gard. 18: 20. 



