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Gardens, India; Bulletin, London Iris Society; Bulletin, Société 
d’Horticulture de Madagascar; Archivio Botanico, R. Universita 
di Modena, Italy; Natural History; New Jersey Dahlia News; 
Resumptio Genetica; School Nature Study Union publications; 
Science Reports, Series 4, Tohoku Imperial University, Sendai, 
Japan; Tropical Woods; Welsh Journal of Agriculture; Mit- 
teilungen, Botanischen Museum der Universitat, Zurich. 
Binding 
193 volumes were forwarded to the binder, mainly serials. 
I cannot recommend too strongly the need of binding at least 
500 to 700 volumes a year, in order to include not only serials, 
but also the titles which are deteriorating in the book collection 
for lack of binding. We should also begin binding completed 
sets of agricultural experiment station titles, for which funds 
have not been available heretofore. 
Inter-Library Loans 
Twenty volumes were loaned during the year to the Biological 
Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, L. I.; Carnegie Institution of 
Washington, Department of Genetics, Cold Spring Harbor; 
Columbia University of New York; Erie, Penn., Public Library; 
Haaren High School AORN New York; and Syracuse Uni- 
versity Library. 
Fifty-four volumes were borrowed for the use of the Garden 
Staff from the American Geographical Society; Brooklyn 
Museum Library; Brooklyn Public Library; New York Public 
Library, and the library of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. 
Reference Work 
It may be of interest to call attention to the diverse groups 
that use this library. Though our numbers are small, when 
compared with public library statistics, it is a significant fact 
that the library serves not only an educational need, but an 
economic one as well. We have helped such business firms as 
the American Milk Products Corporation, the Bayer Company, 
the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, the National City 
Hank, and the Western Union Telegraph Company. Either 
