24 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 
staff has rewritten this index according to the better form 
in use in the Cryptogamic Herbarium of Harvard Univer- 
sity, fewer cards being required and the important matter 
being brought to the top of the card. As a result the old 
index of 16,110 cards, one entry to each card, has been 
replaced by one of 11,786 cards, which bears all the entries 
of the former index and 3,950 entries additional for the 
' specimens which had been diverted to the general herbarium. 
This index, fitted up with 314 guides, is now installed in a 
new steel cabinet placed near the case containing our 20,060 
specimens of fungi in published exsiccati. 
Subject Index. — Work on the subject index of titles of 
botanical articles published by scientific societies of the world 
is in active progress. Indexing the serial publications of 
Great Britain and Ireland was completed at the end of last 
year, and about half of such publications from Germany 
and Austria have been indexed this year. In all, 13,730 
articles are now indexed in 76 publications. The cards fur- 
nish immediate reference to important and often little-known 
papers in every field of botanical activity and also give large 
numbers of observations and detailed notes on plants and 
plant phenomena. The members of the scientific staff co- 
éperate in the classification to make the index of the greatest 
scientific value. 
Statistical. — There have been 405 volumes, valued at 
$907.95, and 882 ps, valued at $179.50, donated to 
the library, and 366 volumes, valued at $1,234.13, and 15 
pamphlets, valued at $9.50, purchased. The library now 
contains 34,528 books and 44,997 pamphlets, a total of 
79,525, valued at $119,313.63. There are also 326 manu- 
scripts, valued at $1,603.25, 887,345 index cards, valued at 
$8,901.75, and 157 maps, valued at $256.60, making the 
total estimated value of the library and card catalogue $130,- 
324.13. A total of 20,220 index cards have been added dur- 
ing this year, of which 10,215 were typewritten by Garden 
employees, and 10,005 purchased at a cost of $128.35. The 
number of books bound was 597, and 3 maps, valued at 
$2.50, were donated. 
