DIVISIONS OF THE LLOYD LIBRARY. 



The books contained in the Lloyd Library are arranged sys- 

 tematically according to a plan that has been formulated by the 

 library. It is quite obvious that the abridged plan of dividing 

 botanical books, as given in the Dewey Decimal System, is not 

 carried out in sufficient detail for a collection of this kind, and 

 we have therefore had to devise a more extensive plan of divisions 

 and subdivisions. This is based primarily on Jackson's "Guide to- 

 the Literature of Botany", with the exception that in classifying 

 the cryptogamic works, geography is considered secondary to the 

 general subject of the book. 



We divide each general department of the library (Botany and 

 Pharmacy) into twenty-six sections, according to the letters of 

 the alphabet. The general subjects of the twenty-six sections of 

 the botanical department are as follows : 



A — Bibliography, History, Biography, Terminology, Encyclo- 



psedias, Dictionaries, Directories, etc. 

 B — Introductory Botany. 



C, D, and E — Physiological and Morphological. 

 F — Phanerogams, General Descriptions. 

 G — Phanerogams. Monographs. 

 H — Cryptogams. 



I — Palaeobotany, Plant Distribution, Miscellaneous. 

 J — Economic Botany. 

 K — Europe. (General Works.) 

 L — Great Britain and Ireland. 



M — Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Netherlands, Switzerland. 

 N — France. 

 O — Germany. 



P — Italy, Greece, Turkey, Spain, Portugal. 

 O — Arctic Regions, Iceland, Russia, Scandinavia. 

 R — North America, Mexico, West Indies, Central America. 

 S — South America, Antarctic Regions. 

 T — Asia. 



U — Oceanica, Polynesia. 

 V — Africa. 



W — Botanical Gardens, Museums, Parks. 

 X — Voyages and Travels. 

 Y — Agriculture and Horticulture. 

 Z — Biology and Zoology. 



By this arrangement we collect together on the shelves all 

 the books relating to any part of the subject. The author's numbers 



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