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students, but also for investigators elsewhere. Those who can- 
not come to the Garden may be served by our system of inter- 
library loans. The appended report of the Librarian calls 
attention to the wide territory that is being served by this system, 
as shown by the map on page 93. It is also interesting to note 
that the number of periodicals currently received has now 
exceeded 1000. 
The need of our Library for increased funds is most urgent— 
for the purchase of books, subscriptions to periodicals, comple- 
tion of periodical files, repair of binding, new binding, catalog 
needs, personnel, and the numerous miscellaneous expenses of 
library administration and public service. The Library budget 
for 1937 for personal service, publications, and supplies was ap- 
proximately $10,000. To meet the present needs it should be 
not less than $15,000. 
THE HERBARIUM 
Dr. Svenson, in his appended report, records the addition of 
3,856 specimens to the herbarium by accession, exchange, collec- 
tion, and gift; and the distribution of 185 specimens in exchange. 
More than 1500 specimens were loaned for study to seven insti- 
tutions located in five states, and slightly more than 1900 speci- 
mens were borrowed from 16 institutions. We are still greatly 
indebted to other herbariums in the matter of exchange of speci- 
mens, and special field collecting has been done and is planned 
for next year to enable us to pay installments on this indebtedness. 
COOPERATION 
Board of Education 
Our cooperation with the Elementary Public Schools and High 
Schools has continued as usual. Each year the number of schools 
served in all five Boroughs of the City tends to increase. In her 
appended report, Miss Shaw points out that during the year we 
have served 92 per cent. of the Elementary Public Schools of 
Brooklyn (212 schools out of a total of 228). We have also 
served 66 schools in Manhattan, 51 in the Bronx, 89 in Queens, 
and 17 in Richmond (Staten Island)—a total of 435 schools. 
Of the High Schools, we have served 15 out of 16 (94%) in 
Brooklyn, 11 out of 12 (91.6%) in Manhattan (plus two annexes), 
