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Among individuals who received our assistance, we might men- 
tion specifically a physician who spent whole days in the library 
collecting data on plants that produce pollen effective in the cure 
of hay-fever; a horticulturist who intends introducing the man- 
gosteen into Florida; a high school teacher preparing for his ex- 
amination as head of a department of biology. Special lists of 
books and journals were forwarded, in reply to requests, to horti- 
cultural societies, as well as to individuals, not only in our vicinity, 
but to societies and persons of other cities. 
The checking of the “ Union List of Serials in the libraries of 
the United States and Canada,” in order to include our holdings 
of serial and periodical titles, has been one of the important tasks 
of the year for the librarian. ‘The list will be an invaluable tool 
when completed, for bibliographical information, for locating a 
volume one wishes to borrow, in completing broken sets, and for 
exchange purposes. While it has taken time, we feel it was 
time well spent in a co-operative library undertaking, which will 
result in knowing definitely where serial and periodical titles are 
to be located, and, in some cases, do away with unnecessary dupli- 
cation of sets in the same locality. 
Miscellaneous 
The library was represented at the New York Library Associa- 
tion, at Lake Placid, where the librarian read a paper on Books 
and World Power; at the Eastern College Librarians’ Meeting; 
the Special Library Association, and the New York Regional 
Catalogue Group. The librarian was made Chairman of the Com- 
mittee for Special Libraries, of the New York Catalogue Group. 
On September 23 and September 27, students from the Parson’s 
School of Art, of Manhattan, under the direction of their teacher, 
worked in the library drawing from a collection of colored illus- 
trations of flowers, and making original designs with the flowers 
as motives. 
The Library School of the New York Public Library made its 
annual visit on May 21. 
An exhibit of books was arranged in the library for the Con- 
temporary Club for its meeting and tea of April 16th. 
For list of donors and gifts, see Appendix 1. 
The statistical report follows: 
