22 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 
cial plant or collection which they have read about in the 
BULLETIN or in some publication copying our articles. Dur- 
ing the present year Mr. Pring’s account of his orchid-col- 
lecting trip in South America has been a feature of the 
BULLETIN. 
Both the ANNALS and the BULLETIN are supplied to reg- 
ular subscribers; separates of the various articles in the 
ANNALS are also for sale by the library. The cash receipts 
from such sales for the year, and for Views of the Garden, 
were $1940.91. 
Statistical—There have been donated to the library, or 
received from our correspondents during the present year, 
439 volumes, valued at $975.94, and 1292 pamphlets, valued 
at $251.08. Three hundred and thirty-three volumes, one of 
them published in 1487 and the second oldest book in our 
library, were bought at a cost of $1556.05, and 45 pamphlets 
costing $29.80. The library now contains 39,951 books and 
53,634 pamphlets, a total of 93,585, valued at $136,457.56. 
There are also 330 manuscripts, valued at $1,609.80, and 
971,873 index cards, valued at $10,164.59. A total of 6915 
index cards have been added during the year, of which 865 
were typewritten by library employees, and 6,050 purchased 
at a cost of $130.06. Two hundred and sixty books were 
bound. 
ATTENDANCE FOR THE YEAR 1923 
Week-days. Sundays. 
eng ct SET ET PE EOE: an er ee 8,080 10,488 
“on case unse f GEE T ERE CCT Oe PTT pe tae 3,637 1,632 
CaS ir bs en dA Neo ed 2s be Cech. 7,550 9,880 
Ew iN S's ce S55 0a Fee NG ae bE AMOS «3 8,203 13,442 
Re coe a er eres, Pe 13,382 22,956 
ROE hao Sue On een Se CR TK wha eras eee ek c 20,745 8,464 
ee TO ee. Oa OPT OT naa 12,088 6,533 
I sh 5 cis 0499 Sex ares 50k deaad pha 16,791 8,161 
ee, SOE Te a ne 12,730 12,044 
SE ha Pa we su ew bea Ae ioe ea rea 13,599 9,318 
IN oo 8 5.404 60S ous Pare ei ee 18,707 35,656 
EWE 0 iv Ws ia eye bees: oa aw cee ek ck oo 5,773 6,063 
141,285 144,637 
141,285 
EMUGER A enn et Pe CAs aie eae 285,922 
Respectfully submitted, 
GEORGE T. MOORE, 
Director. 
