18 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 
Statistical Summary: (For the year ending December 31, 
1919.) 
Number of specimens received on new accessions: 
Piet -PUPCHARS: «o's sds she vee eke ee'e 21,203 
Pee Meee td 29% Gh ete Alo ee 8.8 «vi? 4 89054 3,181 
By GROHANEO . cnc scccccccccccoes 4,683 
AAD Aah eer ee eee ee 29,067 valued at $ 2,906.70 
Number of specimens mounted and 
{NCOrMporated§ ...6.ceecreccvesences 15,527 valued at 3,105.40 
Number of specimens discarded from 
TIC HOY OBTIOU ss o00 58 08% be ess vee 347 
Number of specimens in organized 
PDR ETUIN:. §<4s psn dead ha wales valen's s 847,707 valued at 129,411.20 
Number of specimens in unorganized 
herbarium (estimated)...........-. 78,540 valued at 6,554.00 
Wood specimens, etc., supplementing 
tiie. “NOSDATIUING 6665 vis ce ese ewees valued at 280.00 
Microscope slides, etc.............-- valued at 410.00 
Wistal:. waluation. 5cciss 0 s000s 0 cued + Maee’ $136,655.20 
LIBRARY 
The usual library work of checking up and entering cur- 
rent numbers of the many hundreds of serial botanical pub- 
lieations which the library receives annually and finally 
places in the form of bound volumes on the shelves has been 
earried on throughout the year. Accessions of other books 
by donation and purchase are stated in the statistical portion 
below. 
During the latter part of 1919, many serial publications in 
arrears during the war have been received from Germany, 
and others are arriving each week but our files are far from 
complete as yet. 
Only a very few catalogues of book offerings have yet be- 
gun to arrive from the great foreign book marts of second- 
hand books. These catalogues offer greatly diminished lists 
of scientific books in eomparison with catalogues of pre- 
war years and seem to be largely odds and ends of old 
stock offered at advanced prices. In one instance a colored 
slip attached to the first page gives notice that prices are ad- 
vanced 50 per cent above those stated in the catalogue ‘‘on 
account of great costs.’’ So far, these offerings have afforded 
no opportunities for filling gaps of long standing in our 
serials. 
