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REPORT ON THE LIBRARY EOR 1938 



To TiJi': Director. 



I submit herewith my rejxirt for the yCcW enchng r3ecemher 31, 

 1938. 



Accessions 



The collections at present com]M-ise 37,692 ])ieces, of which 

 number 20,543 are volumes and 17,149 are pamphlets, an increase 

 of 815 volumes and 682 ])ani])hlets, or 1,497 ])ieces during" 1938. 

 Volumes i)urchased totaled 182. Gifts during the year were 74 

 volumes, 390 pamphlets, and 736 parts. The list of donors is 

 included in A])pendix 1. 



Of ])eriudicals and other serials the library received 771 as 

 exchanges, 84 as gifts, 149 as purchases, and () through publica- 

 tion by the Garden, making a total of 1,010 titles. 



List of some iiiiportanf accessions 



Bentham, George. 'J'he Botany of the voyage of 11. M.S. Sulpluir during 

 tlie years 1836-42. London, 1844-46. 



Candolle, A. P. de and A. de. Monstruositcs vegetales. Premier fascicule 

 (all published). | Neucliatel. 1841.] 



Columella, L. J. M. De Re rustica . . . libri XIII. hugduni, Seb. (iryph- 

 ium, 1537. 



Cooke, M. C. Vegetable wasps and plant worms. Lciiulon. 1892. 



Gaertuer, Joseph and K. F. (iaertner. De I'ructibus el seminibus plantarum. 

 Stutgai-d, 1788-1807. 3 vols. 



Gray, Asa. Phanerogamia . . . (Wilkes, Cliarles. U. S. exploring expe- 

 dition). Text and atlas. New York, 18.^4-1857. 



Plumier, Ldiarles. Nova plantarum americanarum genera. Paris, 1703. 



Pringsheim, Nathanael. Zur Kritik und (ieschicbte der Untersuchungen 

 i'lber das Algengeschlecht. Berlin, 185(). 



Sharrock, Robert. Plistory of the propagation and improvement of vege- 

 tables by the concurrence of art and natm'e . . . Oxford, 1660. 



Sprengel, C. K. Das Entdeckte (iebeimniss der Natur im Ban nnd in der 

 Befruchtung der Blumcn . . . Berlin, 1793. 



Steudel, E. G. Nomenclator botanicus . . . Stuttgart, 1840-41. 2 vols. 



Willstiitter, Richard and Stoll, Arthur. Untersuchungen fiber Chlorophyll 

 . . . Berlin, 1913 



