TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. 19 
Thallophytes. 
The J. J. Bernhardi Herbarium . 4,429 
The Gustav Jermy Herbarium ._ 1,659 
The S.M. Tracy Herbarium. . 4,393 
The Wm. Trelease Herbarium . 11,000 
Other specimens . . . . . 37,320 58,801 
Making a total of . . . 698,706 
WAU OR $104,805 902 
Other material, supplementing the herbarium, comprises: 
Wood specimens, etc., to the value of . . . . . . . §$280 00 
Mieroseyee siden, We... ets ee 
$690 003 
THE LIBRARY. 
Additions to the library consist of 1,353 books, 1,884 
pamphlets, 2 manuscripts, and 21,867 index cards. Of 
these, 917 books, valued at $1,877.75, 1,717 pamphlets, 
valued at $297.90, and 2 manuscripts, valued at $2.00, were 
presented; and 436 books and 167 pamphlets were bought, 
the Secretary’s report showing an expenditure of $2,432.31 
for purchases and binding. Of the index cards, 13,034 were 
written by employees, and 8,833 were bought. 
The serial publications now received number 1,495, of 
which 1,389, issued by 1,022 institutions or publishers, are 
received in exchange for Garden publications and the remain- 
ing 106 are bought. The number now reported is 28 more 
than that noted a year ago. 
The library now contains: 
Pamphlets EEOC E RE EE esa 40,375 
Books pee prin marae rar tai”, Oe 
68,803, valued at $105,825 72 
Mamunntet 65 i Agee " 1,592 00 
Meal ee ee  C 8107,417: 72 
Index catds (0050 0 3 ea ree eee:.-“ 7,929 67 
Total valuation .~...% 2565 --%. . <. « .S G115,847: 39 
2 This valuation at the rate of $15.00 per hundred mounted sheets. 
3 Rept. Mo. Bot. Gard. 16:21. 22:20. 
