MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 17 
contains 35,364 books and 45,712 pamphlets, a total of 
81,076, valued at $121,380.51. There are also 326 manu- 
scripts, valued at $1,603.25, 920,929 index cards, valued at 
$9,281.85, and 162 maps, valued at $258.60, making the 
total estimated value of the library and card catalogue 
$132,524.21. A total of 33,584 index cards have been aided. 
of which 19,831 were typewritten by Garden employees, 
and 13,753 purchased at a cost of $181.76. The number of 
a aes was 201, and 5 maps were donated, valued 
at $2.00. 
STATISTICAL INFORMATION FOR DECEMBER, 1917 
GARDEN ATTENDANCE: 
Total number of Visitors... .. secs cece eee eee e ease 9,451 
PLANT ACCESSIONS: 
Total number of plants and seeds received as gifts...... 6 
Liprary ACCESSIONS: 
Total number of books bought...........-.---+.++eeees 8 
Total number of books and pamphlets donated.......... 140 
HERBARIUM ACCESSIONS : 
By Purchase— 
Canton Christian College—Plants of southern China...... 105 
Paul C. Standley—Plants of Florida, collected by Miss 
Jeanette P. Standley... 2.0... c sete cece csw sess seee 95 
By Gift— 
Dr. R. P. Burke—Fungi of Montgomery Co., Alabama..... 70 
J. A. Drushel—Plants of Ohio, Missouri, Texas, and Col- 
OTENO ey vee ees beeen eee e eee ee nee eeeeeneeees 17 
Miss Caroline C. Haynes—Hepaticae of New York and New 
SOROS as vei ic cans tase these ens esse vssssctvesus 20 
New York Botanical Garden—Thelephoraceae from various 
es OE ae Feo oh a oan ere ee ere ee) 700 
Dr. L. O. Overholts—Sterewm rameale from Maryland..... 1 
Edwin B. Payson—Plants of Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, 
end California 5566 inc iene inne reed cen secs 451 
C. V. Piper—Ewobasidium Vaccinii on Xolisma ferruginea 
Pre HOP os os ions k ee wos oh ore Cees ees eee 1 
Dr. Mary S. Young—Symphoricarpos sp. from Texas...... 1 
By Exchange— 
California Academy of Sciences—Plants, chiefly from Cali- 
oe | Reet remy Eee rer gee re ae ete 75 
Ira W. Clokey—Plants of Colorado, mostly Senecio....... 30 
Field Museum of Natural History—Plants of Indiana, Illi- 
mois, Oregon, CbC.....-0. cece eeeee cece neseceres eee SOL 
By Field Work— 
Ernest J. Palmer—Plants of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, 
and Missouri (estimated at)..........6.-seeeeeeees 8,500 
