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publications devoted to botany and closely related subjects are 
regularly received. These include the transactions of scientific 
societies from all quarters of the globe ; the bulletins, monographs, 
reports, and other publications of various departments of the 
United States Government, as well as those of foreign govern- 
ments, and of all state agricultural experiment stations and agri- 
cultural colleges; the publications of research laboratories, uni- 
versities, botanic gardens, and other scientific institutions of the 
world, as well as the files of independent journals devoted to the 
various phases of plant life. The library is specially rich in pub- 
lications of foreign countries and has a growing collection of 
incunabula and other pre-Linnean works, 
Bibhographical assistance is rendered to readers by members of 
the Library staff 
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An annotated list of the incunabula, pre-Linnaean works, old 
herbals and other rare or historically important books in the Li- 
brary was published as the July, 1935, number of the Botanic 
Garden Recorp. Copies are for sale at 40 cents each. 
BUREAU OF PUBLIC INFORMATION 
Consultation and advice, and the facilities of the library and 
herbarium are freely at the service of members of the Botanic 
Garden and (to a limited extent) of others with special problems 
relating to plants or plant products, especially in the following 
subjects : 
1. Plant diseases and determination (naming) of fungi. 
2. Plant geography and ecology. 
3. Determination of flowering plants. 
4. The growing of cultivated plants and their arrangement; also 
their adaptation to soils, climate, and other factors. 
5. The care of trees, shrubs, and lawns, and general gardening 
problems. 
Inquiries should be directed to the Curator of Public Instruc- 
tion, preferably by letter. 
Determination of Specimens.—I{ the identification of plants 
is desired, the material submitted should include flowers, and fruit 
