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A seed-filling machine would simplify the work of seed filling 

 and make possible a larger output of work. 



Respectfully submitted, 



Ellen Eddy Shaw, 

 Curator of Elementary Instruction. 



REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN FOR 1924 

 Dr. C. Stuart Gager, Director. 



Sir: I have the honor to submit herewith my report as librarian 

 for the year ending December 31, 1924. 



The principal piece of work completed during the year, aside 

 from the daily routine, has been the cataloging of the two foreign 

 orders received some years ago, as well as some smaller collections 

 donated by several institutions. 



Accessions 



The library received 551 volumes, 536 pamphlets and 6,195 

 parts of publications. The figure for the volumes acquired during 

 the year would have been appreciably larger had there been 

 funds available for binding, as the volumes formed by binding 

 serials would have been included in this count. 



Part of the income from the Benjamin Stuart Gager Memorial 

 Fund, as usual, has been used in the purchase of sets. The 

 following acquisitions have materially helped to extend or com- 

 plete sets of periodicals and serials : 



Annates Mycologici, volumes i-io; Bihliotheca Botanica, 1886- 

 1921 ; Le Botaniste, volumes 1-15 ; Recueil de U Institut Botanique 

 Leo Errera, volumes i-io; Transactions and Proceedings of the 

 Edinburgh Botanical Society, volumes 1-27; Journal of the Royal 

 Horticultural Society, London, volumes 23-38; Transactions of the 

 Linnean Society of London, volumes i— 30; Revue Mycologique, 

 volumes 1-28; Revue de U Horticulture Beige et Etrangere, volumes 

 1-40, and the Bidletin de la Societe Botanique de France, second 

 series, volumes 30-63. 



The Benjamin Stuart Gager Memorial Fund has also enabled 

 us to secure another title to be added to our small group of 



