

TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. 



19 



The addition to the 



m 



and library buildi 



& 



made it possible for the herbarium 

 roof acrain : and one floor of the new 



building 



be made 



l /4X55y 4 



height of 90 inches. Advant* 

 sary handling of specimens to 

 accepted phylogenetic sequence. 



was 



of the neces- 



them 



THE LIBRARY. 



com 



The increase in the library during 1909 has been closely 

 ^arable with that for a number of years preceding; 



the more essential current publications have been 

 nHditinn to a number of works rounding out tl 



bacteriology and 



means 



few of the earlier books which now and t 

 market and are becoming more difficult 



and 



more 



valued at $1 



$114 



d 



$285.15, and 6 manuscripts, valued at 

 r^myed in exchange for Garden pub- 



and 219 pamphlets bought, the 



expenditure for purchases and binding amountin 



$2 



The card 



been increased by the addition of 



em 



and the remainder purchased. As for several years past, in 



the 



attendants have given special attention to references to 



germinatio 



received number 1,464, of 



which 107 are bought and 1,357, issued by 970 institutions 

 or publishers, are received in exchange for the Reports of the 

 Garden. This number is twelve more than that reported last 



year 



be observed 



of 



directly 



I 



