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ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



books bo^^o^Yed, G,397 were borrowed from Washington libraries and 

 09 from libraries outside of Washington. Our most frequent demands 

 were made iipon the Library of Congress, the library of the Surgeon 

 GeiieraTs Office, the library of the United States Geological Survey,' 

 and the library of the Patent Office. The names of the libraries out- 

 side of the city from which books were borrowed, and the number of 

 books borrowed, were as follows: 



American Philosophical Society Library, Philadelphia 1 



Arnold Arboretum Lil)rary, Jamaica Plain 6 



Boston Public Library 1 



Boston Society of Natural History Library 1 



College of Physicians and Surgeons Library, Philadelphia 1 



Columbia University Library, New York 1 



Gray Herbarium Library, Cambridge 9 



Harvard University Library 14 



John D. Smith Library, Baltimore 2 



Lloyd Library, Cincinnati 8 



Massachusetts Horticultural Society Library, Boston 3 



Missouri Botanical Garden Library, St. Louis 9 



Museum of Comparative Zoology Library, Cambridge 9 



Ohio State Library, Columbus 1 



Ohio State University Library, Columbus 1 



University of Pennsylvania Library, Philadelphia 1 



Yale University Library, New Haven 1 



Total 69 



The number of books lent by this Library during the past year to 

 libraries and scientists outside of the city was 613, an increase of 65 

 as compared with the previous year. The statistics for such loans for 

 the past five years, arranged geographically, are as follows : 



Record of books lent outside of Washington during the fiscal years 1907-1911. 



