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pated funds for such purpose for next year. Many of these 

 items are l)ack sets of serial pubhcations and l)otanical classics, 

 very essential for such a library as ours, but which are becoming 

 scarcer and more expensive every year. 



There are also, at the close of the year, about one thousand 

 volumes needing to be 1)ound. From these statements it may ])e 

 readily seen that we have urgent need for additionanl funds to 

 be expended for present requirements, and also for a special 

 library endowment fund to insure a larger annual income in the 

 future. 



Herbarium 



Appropriation for Nrw Cases 



In the preceding report, I called attention to the need of addi- 

 tional herbarium cases. On March 5, 1929, with the authoriza- 

 tion of the Governing Committee, a recpiest was submitted to the 

 Board of Estimate and Apportionment of New York City for 

 an appropriation of $6,000.00 for these cases. On April 25, the 

 Board passed a resolution authorizing the issue of tax notes in the 

 total sum of $30,000.00 for permanent improvements, including 

 an item of $6,000.00 for the herl)arium cases, l^ids for this con- 

 tract were received by the Park Board on October 15, as follows: 



The General Fireproofing Co $6,890.00 



Art Metal Construction Co 6,450.00 



Roger A. Simonson & Co 5,995-00 



Jamestown Metal Equipment Co 5,957-00 



The contract with the low bidder was execttted on November 

 21, the work to be completed within sixty working days. 



Miscellaneous 



During November, doors were provided for the storage shelves 

 in the Herbarium A\'()rk Room. 



Special attention is called to fact that several thousand specimens 

 remain unmotuited for lack of funds for a temporary assistant 

 for this work. 



Accessions to the herbarium are noted in the ai)i)ended report 

 of the curator of plants. 



