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REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN. 



To the Director-in-Chief. 



Sir: I have the honor to submit the following report on 

 the Library, covering the period from January i, 1902, to 

 January I, 1903. 



A census of the Library was taken on December 29, and 

 the number of bound volumes was then found to be 12,935, 

 showing an increase for the year of 1,962 volumes. Of 

 these, 610 volumes were purchased by the Special Book 

 Fund, 383 volumes were purchased by the Library Appro- 

 priation, 263 volumes were presented to the Garden and 44 

 volumes were deposited by Columbia University, the remain- 

 der being acquired through subscription or exchange. 



During the year 881 volumes have been bound, of which 

 135 volumes were serials and pamphlets deposited by Colum- 

 bia University. A number of old books have been repaired 

 and many books reclassified and renumbered. 



The card-catalogue has been kept fairly up to date and 

 about 6,800 written cards have been added to it in addition 

 to the printed sets of index cards of the Torrey Botanical 

 Club. 



The most important addition to the Library is a collection 

 of between four and five hundred volumes that were pur- 

 chased in Berlin during the summer and which illustrate the 

 earlier Pre-Linnean Botany and Natural History. 



Valuable gifts have been received from time to time from 

 Miss V. S. White, Dr. Haslett McKim and Dr. C. G. Am 

 Ende. 



The duplicate working collections of books in the Labora- 

 tory and Herbarium have materially increased, necessitating 

 new shelves in both departments. 



Accessions to the Library, other than serials and regular 

 exchanges, have been published monthly in the Journal. 



Respectfully submitted, 



Anna Murray Vail, 



Librarian. 



