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It was necessary for the Garden to secure from the Federal 
Horticultural Board and from the New York State Department 
of Plant Industry (Bureau of Farms and Markets) a special 
permit to bring the Five-leaved Pines from Connecticut to New 
York State on account of the quarantine against the Pine Tree 
Blister Rust. 
Library 
Special attention is called to the unanticipated uses to which 
our library is being put by the public, in the way of serving 
business houses and other interests not strictly botanical. (See 
the appended report of the Librarian, p. 76.) 
We emphasize again the great need of a permanent fund to 
yield at once an income of not less than $2,000 for the purpose of 
annual binding and the purchase of books. Ultimately a larger 
income will be needed. There are no funds in sight for any 
binding during 1926, although there are over 1,000 volumes 
needing to be bound. ; 
Herbarium 
The Phanerogamic Herbarium has been enriched by over 600 
specimens from regions not hitherto represented, or inadequately 
so. The curator of plants calls attention to the fact that the 
herbarium cases are now nearly full. 
The Cryptogamic Herbarium has had 205 accessions, of which 
200 were purchased and 5 received by exchange. 
Conservatories 
The rare cycads from Australia and elsewhere are fast getting 
too large for their present quarters and there is no larger 
house to which they can be moved. Those from Australia 
were obtained at considerable effort and expense in 1914, and 
there is only one other similar collection in the United States, 
namely, at the Missouri Botanical Garden. Unless additional 
conservatory space is provided within about two years, it is 
certain that they will die unless they can be suitably disposed of. 
Other items of interest may be found in the appended report of 
the Horticulturist. 
