130 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 
and the library be opened for business when the cantonments 
and camps are ready. Thousands of books are needed at 
once to meet the requirements of officers and men. 
The library of the Missouri Botanical Garden will un- 
dertake to receive and, as far as may be possible, collect 
books for this purpose, and, when a sufficient number is 
obtained, will pack and ship them to the proper authorities. 
Poorly printed, uninteresting, out-of-date books are obvi- 
ously not worth shipping to the men. In addition to 
books of fiction, travel, history, etc., there is a demand for 
technical books on aviation, electricity, automobiles, first 
aid and hygiene, and any other subject likely to be of 
practical use to a soldier. Foreign language grammars and 
dictionaries, together with simple readers, are-much needed, 
especially any dealing with the French language. It should 
borne in mind that many of those who use the books 
will not have had great educational advantages and that 
consequently good books for boys and the less mature reader 
will be very acceptable. Recent magazines likely to prove 
attractive to the men at camp will also be received. 
Books may be left at the main gate of the garden, Tower 
Grove Avenue and Flora Boulevard, or at the office build- 
ing, Tower Grove and Shenandoah Avenues, and in case 
they cannot be delivered, by calling Grand 567, ‘arrange- 
ments can probably be made for collecting them. 
STATISTICAL INFORMATION FOR JULY, 1917 
GARDEN ATTENDANCE: 
SOtes Miner OF VisitoIN. co... 18,430 
PLANT ACCESSIONS: 
Total number of plants donated......................... 9 
MATERIAL DISTRIBUTED: 
Vegetables to the Women’s Central Committee on Food 
Conservation, Watbele: sos i a ee a ee 10 
LIBRARY ACCESSIONS: 
Total number of books and pamphlets bought............. 19 
Total number of books and pamphlets donated............ 75 
HERBARIUM ACCESSIONS: 
By Purchase — 
F. S. Collins—“Phycotheca Boreali-Americana,” Fascicles 
BiAV and XLV; Now. S608. 100 
Rev. John Davis—Plants of mune Wi ee 439 
C. O. Levine—Plants of China.......................... 250 
By Exchange — 
Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, by Dr. Charles N. Forbes 
RN OF AWE. 5 is ys a 420 
