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REPORT ON THE LIBRARY FOR 1942 
To THE DIRECTOR: 
I submit herewith my report for the year ending December 31, 
1942. 
ACCESSIONS 
The collections at present comprise 44,184 pieces of which num- 
ber 22,952 are volumes and 21,232 are pamphlets, an increase of 
182 volumes and 701 pamphlets, or 883 pieces during 1942. Vol- 
umes purchased totaled 100. Gifts during the year were 60 
volumes, 484 pamphlets, and 894 parts. The list of donors 1s 
included in Appendix I. 
Of periodicals and other serials the library received 511 as 
exchanges, 78 as gifts, 112 as purchases, and 6 through publica- 
tion, making a total of 707 titles—a falling off of 111 from 1941, 
reflecting the effect of the war on publication and international 
exchange. 

List of some important accessions 
Coles, William. The Art of simpling ... London, 1656. 
Curtis, William. Flora Londinensis ... London, 1777-98. 2 
vols. 
Hooker, Wilham Jackson. [Exotic flora... Edinburgh, 1823- 
27. 3 vols. 
Macer, Aemilius, pseud. (1.e. Odo). De viribus herbarum 
1510 
Miller, Philip. Figures of the most beautiful, useful, and un- 
common plants deseribed in the Gardeners Dictionary 
London, 1771. 2 vols. 
Pallas, Peter Simon. Flora Rossica . . . Petropoli, 1784-88. 
Stephens, Philip and Browne, Wilham. Catalogus hortt botanici 
Oxoniensis . . . Oxon., 1658. 
Lisrary Work 
During January and February the employees of the Brook 
Botanic Garden cooperated in the 
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lonation of books for the use 
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of members of the United States armed forces. A total of 229 
