130 
CATALOGING 
Books, Pamphlets, and Serials cataloged 2.0.00... 0.000.002 eee eee 561 
Total number of cards typewritten and filed .......... 0... ..00000. 1,395 
PRINTED CARDS 
Torrey Botanical Club index cards on file, December 31, 1934 ...... 48,100 
Filed during 1935 0.0.0.6 ccc cu cece wees cues suas beuewbevesetensnus 1,049 
Lotal,. December 31, 1935: josh te acca ticstin glee p eucehedet ewes 49,749 
MISCELLANEOUS 
Number of users of the Hbrary .......0 0.000. ccc cee ces 4,528 
Books lent to members of the stafl oo... 0... c ccc ce cee ce eee eee 1,577 
Books lent to other institutions 2.00000... ccc cee cece cece eee ee nes 123 
Books borrowed from other institutions ......... 0000. c cece eee ees 73 
REPORT OF THE RESIDENT INVESTIGATOR 
(FERNS) FOR 1935 
Dr. C. Stuart GAGER, DIREctTor: 
Sir; I submit herewith my report for the vear ending December 
ol. 1935; 
SCHOOL SERVICE 
Continuing as Chairman of the Program Committee of the New 
York Association of Biology Teachers, the program for 1935-36 
was worked out with Mr. Julius M. Johnson, President, and prac- 
tically completed by June 1, 1935. Among the six programs ar- 
ranged, two have botanical aspects. For November, the retiring 
Director of the City Laboratories, Dr. William H. Park, was 
represented by an assistant who summed up present knowledge 
regarding filterable viruses. 
During the fall [ was appointed as the College representative in 
nology on the Science Couneil of the New York City High School 
System. 
IeprrortrAn Work 
With 1935, the 25th volume of the <lmerican Fern Journal was 
completed. Begun as an experimental publication in the summer 
