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REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN", 



For 1864. 



The Librarian begs leave, most respectfully, to report that during the past 

 year the following additions have been made to the Library, viz : 



Journals, 763 ; works on Anatomy and Physiology, 20 ; Antiquities, 3 ; Bib- 

 liography, 4 ; Botany, 39 ; Chemistry, 1; Conchology, 29; Entomology, 14; 

 Geology, 69 ; General Natural History, 107 ; Helminthology, 4 ; Herpetology, 

 2; Ichthyology, 4; Languages, 4; Mathematics, 1; Mammalogy, 2; Medi- 

 cine, 69; Ornithology, 24; Physical Science, 17; Politics, 1; Religion, 4; 

 Useful Arts, 1 ; Voyages and Travels, 19. Total 1201. 



Of these were volumes, 265 ; tracts and parts of pjrioiica's, 933, divided 

 as follows: Folios, 21 ; quartos, 236 ; octavos, 902; duoiecimos, 22. 



These have been received from the following sources, viz : Societies, 533 ; 

 Editors, 149 ; Authors, 82 ; Smithsonian Institution, 10 ; University of To- 

 ronto, 1 ; Navy Department, 1 ; Treasury Department, 1 ; Library Fund, 137 ; 

 Maclure Fund, 12 ; Minister of Public Works in France, 3 ; Dr. T. B. Wilson, 

 261; Mrs. Dr. Short, 2; Executors of Dr. Short, 4; J. C. G. Kennedy, 1; 

 Charles H. Hart, 3 ; Select Council of Philadelphia, 1. Total 1201. 



J. D. SERGEANT, 

 December 27, 1864. Librarian. 



REPORT OF THE CURATORS. 



For 1S64,. 



The Curators report the Museum of the Academy to be in its usual good 

 order and state of preservation. Some of the departments are still but par- 

 tially arranged, and, under existing circumstances, the Curators see no way of 

 completing the arrangement unless they are authorized by the Academy to em- 

 ploy aid for the purpose. Mr. Tryon has undertaken the arrangement of the 

 conchological cabinet, and Mr. Durand has expended much labor in the ar- 

 rangement of the recent rich additions to the herbarium. 



Notwithstanding the extensive additions made in late years to the building 

 of the Academy, the Curators feel the necessity of more space to accommodate 

 the constantly increasing collections. Nearly all the departments are crowded, 

 some of them to such an extent that it has become difficult to introduce a few 

 additional specimens. It is to be hoped that the Academy will direct especial 

 attention to the necessity of making future and ample provision to accommo- 

 date, display, and render convenient to access, the incessantly increasing 

 museum and library. 



During the year the Academy has been greatly enriched by a donation con- 

 sisting of the magnificent Herbarium of the late Prof. Charles W. Short, of 

 Louisville, Kentucky, presented by the family on the recommendation of Prof. 

 Asa Gray, of Cambridge. A special notice of this collection will be found in 

 the Report of the Botanical Committee appended to the present one. 



Another rich addition, a legacy of our late" fellow member, Samuel Ashmead, 

 formerly one of the most efficient Curators of this Institution, consists of a 

 first selection from a large and valuable private collection of about 20J0 

 minerals, together with a beautiful collection of marine algae, made with con- 

 siderable labor and expense during the later years of Mr. Ashmead's life. 



Our stores have further been increased, through the American Philosophical 

 Society, by the deposit of the natural history collection of that time-honored 

 Institution. 



By resolution of the Academy, a small collection of ancient works of art 

 have been deposited in the museum of the American Philosophical Society. 



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