26 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 
Loans of Books.—The library is not a circulating library ; 
nevertheless, its usefulness is not confined to those who can 
examine its books in the library building. Loans are made 
of some books for a short period to other libraries for the use 
of investigators. Thirty-seven such loans, totaling 105 books, 
were made. 
Subject Index.—Work on the subject index of titles of 
botanical articles published by scientific societies of the 
world has been continued. Indexing such serial publica- 
tions of Great Britain and Ireland has been completed, and 
a beginning has been made on German publications. In 
all, 6,800 articles are indexed in 51 publications. The cards 
afford immediate reference to many important papers and 
to large numbers of observations and notes on plants and 
plant phenomena. The members of the scientific staff 
codperate in the classification of the cards to make the index 
of the greatest scientific value. 
Statistical—There have been 514 volumes, valued at 
$901.24, and 1,083 pamphlets, valued at $162.25, donated 
to the library ; and 287 volumes, valued at $1,116.75, and 5 
pamphlets, valued at $2.30, purchased. The library now 
contains 33,757 books and 44,100 pamphlets, a total of 
77,857, valued at $116,982.55. There are also 325 manu- 
scripts, valued at $1,601.25, 154 maps and charts, valued 
at $254.10, and 867,125 index cards, valued at $8,671.25, 
making the total estimated value of the library and card 
catalogue $127,509.15. A total of 31,053 index cards have 
been added, 13,781 of which were typewritten by Garden 
employees, and 17,272 purchased at a cost of $219.05. The 
number of books bound was 461, and one map was mounted. 
ANNUAL BEQUESTS 
The flower sermon, provided for in Mr. Shaw’s will, was 
hase in Christ Church Cathedral by the Rev. A. A. V. 
innington, of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, on May 16, 1915. 
The Twenty-sixth Gardeners’ Banquet was held on the 
oe of November 19, 1915, at the Liederkranz Club. 
Mr. John K. M. L. Farquhar, president of the Massachusetts 
Horticultural Society, spoke on “Bulb Growing in Holland.” 
Respectfully submitted, 
GrorcEe T. Moorz, 
Director. 
