MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 17 



is about $1500 at pre-war prices. Some exchanges are re- 

 ceived for the Garden Bulletin. Both the Annals and the 

 Bulletin are supplied to regular subscribers; separates of 

 the various articles in the Annals are for sale by the li- 

 brary. The cash receipts for subscriptions and separates for 

 the year were $339.51. 



Loans of Books. — -During the year there were loans of 90 

 books to 20 institutions for use by their botanists. Such loans 

 are made on the interlibrary plan; the borrower makes appli- 

 cation for the loan through the library of his university, which 

 is responsible for the return of the book in good condition at 

 expiration of the loan and for payment of transportation both 

 ways. Many botanists visited the library at intervals during 

 the year and consulted literature in their special fields. 



.statistical. — There have, been donated to the library 516 

 volumes, valued at $987.07, and 1,652 pamphlets, valued at 

 $236.83; and there was purchased 392 volumes valued at 

 $1,514.14, and 49 pamphlets valued at $44.20. The library 

 now contains 37,554 books and 49,484 pamphlets, a total of 

 87,038, valued at $128,099.42. There are also 329 manu- 

 scripts, valued at $1,605.80, and 946,476 index cards, valued at 

 $9,680.47. A total of 9,331 index cards have been added dur- 

 ing the year, of which 976 were typewritten by library em- 

 ployees, and 8,335 purchased at a. cost of $132.20. Five hun- 

 dred and forty-seven books were bound. 



Respectfully submitted, 



George T. Moore, 



Director. 



