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Veitch, aa . A traveller’s notes... of a tour through India . . . during 
the years 1891-1893. Chelsea, 1896. 
Ventenat, E. P. mee des plantes, nouvelles et peu connues, cultivées 
dans le jardin de J. M Paris, 18 
Watt, J. M. and Brandwijk, Me G. Breyer-. Medicinal and poisonous plants 
of Southern Africa. Edinburgh, 1932 
Williamson, J. Ferns of Kentucky. uoneesil e, 1878. (Small edition.) 
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Periodicals 
Annual review of biochemistry. V. 3, 1934. 
Archiv fiir die Botanik. Leipzig, 1896-99. 
Bonplandia. Zeitschrift fiir die gesammte Botanik. V. 1-10, 1854-62. 
Botaniska Notiser. 16 vols. 1888-1910. 
Canadian journal of research. V. 1-10, 1929-34. 
Fortschritte der Botanik. V. 1, 1931+. (Subscription.) 
Germany. Biologische Reichsanstalt fiir Land und Forstwirtschaft. Ar- 
eiten. V. 1-6, 1900-08. 
Revue de Pe et de cytophysiologie végétales. V. 1, 1934+.  (Sub- 
Tinidad a “Tobago, he of Agriculture. Flora of Trinidad and Tobago. 
V. 1-2, Pt. 8— 
Indices to Periodicals 
Journal of biological chemistry. Index to V. 76-100, 1928-33 
Journal of pomology and horticultural cs Index to V. 1-10, 1919-32. 
Svensk botanisk Tidskrift. Index to V. 1-20, 1907-26. 
SERVICE TO READERS 
In spite of the decreased income for books, periodicals, and 
binding, the library has tried to serve its purpose of preserving and 
making readily available for scientific use current botanical 
literature as well as standard works. Daily routine has been 
simplified so that the assistants could attend to requests from the 
scientific staff, other institutions, members of the Garden, and 
the public in general, who come to the library for help, but little 
leeway was left for the study of library problems and no special 
work was undertaken this year. About 250 newly bound volumes 
were prepared and replaced on the shelves. Lists on various 
subjects, such as cross-pollination of flowers by insects, material 
on flower arrangement, history of garden making, the culture and 
use of gourds, starch formation in plants, were prepared for stu- 
dents, and other material was assembled on request, for the 
