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been taken over by Miss Meyer. Mrs. Burdick has given two 
hours a day, typewriting cards for the dictionary catalog, the 
serial shelf list, caring for periodicals, making shelf labels, and 
preparing new books. 
Loans 
Through the courtesy of the Library of Congress, Yale Uni- 
versity, and the American Museum of Natural History we were 
enabled to borrow books for the Garden staff. 
Books from our collection were forwarded as usual to the 
Biological Laboratory at Cold Spring Harbor for its summer 
session. Some volumes were also loaned to the Brooklyn 
Museum library, as well as to some of the members of the 
Museum staff. 
Summary 
Aside from the preparation of new accessions and the regular 
routine duties, the following pieces of work were completed dur- 
ing 1917: 
The folio volumes of the book collection, 201 in number, and 
the 74 volumes of the Hyde gift were cataloged and prepared for 
the shelves. 
About 200 volumes, chiefly on systematic botany, were moved 
into the herbarium. This collection was embossed with the 
Brooklyn Botanic Garden stamp, and book plates were inserted. 
These books were checked with the shelf list and catalog, and in 
this way a number of inaccuracies were rectified, 
The cataloging of serials was begun, as well as a shelf list. We 
hope to make the serial shelf list one of the principal pieces of 
work for 1918. 
The catalog of duplicates has been begun and the cataloged 
duplicates arranged. 
A vertical file has been arranged of autographs, mss., photo- 
graphs, and portraits. 
The trade catalogs have been arranged in a vertical file for 
ready reference. 
College announcements and catalogs have been arranged in a 
special section. 
