MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 105 
The unprecedented drought of the summer of 1914 has 
at last been broken and the Garden is beginning to show 
the effect of the recent rains. According to the meteoro- 
logical summary of the Weather Bureau, “The period ex- 
tending from March Ist, 1914, to July 31st, five months, 
was the driest of which there is a record in St. Louis. The 
record covers a period of 78 years, from January, 1837, 
to date. The total precipitation was 5.48 inches. The 
normal amount for this period is 20.48 inches. Previous 
to this year the least precipitation for the five months end- 
ing on July 31st, was 9.06 inches in 1871; the greatest 
precipitation for a similar period was 40.31 inches in 1848. 
In the months of May, June and July, 1914, the total 
was 2.31 inches, which is by far the lowest amount on record 
for a similar period; previous to this year the lowest amount 
was 4.24 inches in 1911; before 1911 the lowest record was 
5.32 inches in 1870. May and June, 1914, were phenome- 
nally dry, the total precipitation for these two months being 
.79 inch, or 8.53 inches below the normal.” 
STATISTICAL INFORMATION FOR JULY, 1914 
GARDEN ATTENDANCE: 
Total number of visitors. ...... 1.2.2.2. . see e eee e cree tees 16,836 
PLANT ACCESSIONS: 
Total number of plants received in exchange......-.-..-. 4 
Total number of packets of seeds received in exchange..... 121 
PLANT DISTRIBUTION: 
Total number of plants distributed in exchange.........-- 317 
LIBRARY ACCESSIONS: 
Total number of books and pamphlets bought........-...- : 
211 
Total number of books and pamphlets donated...........- 
HERBARIUM ACCESSIONS: 
By Purchase — 
E. Bartholomew—“Fungi Columbiani,” Cent. 43, Nos. 4201- 
4300 100 
Gale 08 8 68 WO Oe ee eS ES 8 Re. 6S OE CRE PE A RM ORS OP © 
VO oo cee es 
H. Sudre—“Batotheca Europaea,” Fase. XII, Nos. 551-600. 
—*Jerbarium Hieraciorum,” Fasc. IV, Nos, 151-200. 50 
Th. O. Weigel — Plants of Kamerun, collected by Dr. G. 
Zenker, TV, Sled. GO-GO oss in whe os 
