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volves a great deal of “ foreign language ” composition and tabular 
matter for the printer, numerous illustrations, and a good grade 
of relatively permanent paper. The list of desiderata now on 
hand, noted in the Library report, amounts to more than $6,000 
worth of publications. A large proportion of these have been 
asked for by readers; others are classical and standard works that 
should be in every first-class botanical library. 
In a previous report we have noted the fact that this Library did 
not have a generous initial fund for the purchase of a nucleus. 
It started in January, 1911, with a gift of nine books, and has 
been gradually built up to its present size of 30,938 volumes and 
ets by annual expenditures of small sums, supplemented by 
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pamph 
items secured by gift, publication, and exchange. The Library 
has a small endowment nucleus. Its use and usefulness increase 
each year. Its further endowment affords an admirable oppor- 
tunity for the advancement of science and education by private 
philanthropy. 
THe HERBARIUM 
The statement in the first paragraph of the appended report 
of the associate curator of plants emphasizes the importance of 
the herbarium and its relation to published records of plants in 
books and periodicals. During 1933 the herbarium of flowering 
plants (Phanerogams) increased by 4,000 specimens, lacking 
eleven, and that of the non-flowering plants (Cryptogams) by 
1,125 specimens. 473 specimens were loaned for study to other 
institutions. 
Even at its present moderate rate of growth it will not be long 
before the Herbarium will have quite outgrown its present 
quarters. 
MrEMBERSHIP 
The support of museums, botanic gardens, and zoological parks 
is a civic duty. These institutions minister to the entire popula- 
tion, whereas the schools minister directly only to those under 
twenty-five years of age. During 1933 113 new members were 
enrolled, as against 222 in 1932. The net decrease has been 57. 
The figures are 1,205 in 1933 as against 1,262 in 1932. The fig- 
ures, though small, are very satisfactory when we recall the eco- 
