MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 21 
Py BROMO 556 55 oi ck pee Sh 5 deo ra wen 1,834 
BY MO WORK oan cast ne eh eek cn dh ipa meee ios 12,318 
30,707 
Number of specimens mounted and incorporated: 
From ‘Bianchard herbarium 0 es i ee ees 1,649 
From Greenwian: herbartam 255 ee is ee, 4,651 
ron: Gli -GUlher soureee es so ic es es ee 16,267 
TOMA oS, Boye ee 22,567 
Number of specimens discarded from the herbarium, 997. 
Number of specimens in organized herbarium, 657,461. 
LIBRARY 
In order to make more accessible and useful the periodicals 
in the library, a start has been made in preparing a subject 
index of the titles of the botanical articles published by the 
scientific societies of the world, as well as an author’s index 
of the same. The arrangement of the cards in such a sub- 
ject index is of the highest importance in order that the 
index may quickly direct the one consulting it to all the 
information on the particular topic of inquiry. The details 
of arrangement of the cards are now being worked out by 
members of the scientific staff of the Garden, who are also 
to classify the cards to be prepared in the future. 
The Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, issued 
quarterly, is the principal exchange for the publications of 
scientific institutions and societies, as was the old Annual 
Report. This brings to the library many publications which 
could not be obtained otherwise, and promises to be increas- 
ingly useful in the future. It is computed that the value 
per Bhp of the exchanges received for the ANNaLs is 
$1,335.00. A few important publications are also received 
for the BULLETIN. 
A number of the leaflets, pamphlets, and books which were 
shown missing from their allotted places by the library in- 
ventory of 1913, have been located out of place during the 
present year. The list of entries at present missing, but 
which we hope to lessen further, is 237, of which 46 per cent 
are leaflets such as might be used by students of horticulture, 
18 per cent are leaflets of ephemeral interest, and the re- 
mainder are largely separates of botanical articles. The 
total number missing at present is about thirty-two hun- 
dredths of 1 per cent of the whole number of Seager in the 
library, or about one and one-third hundredths of 1 per 
cent per year for the time the library has been in existence. 
This is a very low record of misplacement and loss for any 
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