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NEEDS OF THE LIBRARY 
As reported last year, another trained worker is needed, since 
the smooth functioning of the library depends to a very large ex- 
tent on the prompt and accurate filing of material, adequate cata- 
loging, and immediate attention to many small details that seem 
to take a disproportionate amount of time. Wherever possible, 
this work has been simplified and curtailed, but there is still more 
than can be properly accomplished by a staff of two persons. 
It seems hardly necessary to repeat that funds are urgently 
needed for the purchase of new books and the binding of old ones. 
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1ecking over desiderata we find that items amounting to over 
$6,000 have been listed during the last three years, from various 
catalogues, all necessary and most of which were requested by 
users of the library. Several long runs and sets of periodicals were 
completed in 1933, increasing the usefulness of these particular 
titles, but many more are stil 
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awaiting purchase. The subscrip- 
tion prices of all foreign periodicals have risen, as the dollar has 
dropped in value, and more of our small allowance must be used 
for these in order to keep our sets unbroken. 
The constant use of our serials, both by readers in the library 
and by other institutions to which we lend them, is proof of their 
value. 
INTERLIBRARY LOANS 
During 1933, 80 volumes were loaned to: Brooklyn Museum Li- 
brary ; Buffalo Museum of Science; Carnegie Institution of Wash- 
ington, Department of Genetics, Cold Spring Harbor, L. I.; Co- 
lumbia University Library; Massachusetts Horticultural Society, 
Boston; Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, New York; New 
Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, New Brunswick; New 
York Botanical Garden Library; New York Horticultural Soci- 
ety; Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, New York. 
Loans were also made to individuals from the library of the Amer- 
ican Fern Society (deposited here), in accordance with the ar- 
rangement with this Society. 
We borrowed 60 volumes from: American Museum of Natural 
History; American Geographical Society, New York; Dr. George 
Beatty, Brooklyn; Brooklyn Public Library ; Columbia University 
