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ferent editions arc kept tof^etlier and 1)\' usint^' tlie l^ritisli Mnscuni 

 catalog as a fniding list tlie relation of the editions to each other 

 is readily determined. The I're-Linnean collection will be treated 

 similarly by substituting an alphabetical arrangement by author for 

 the present classified arrangement. Location in the locked cases 

 wU] be indicated by an asterisk. 



Rinding still remains the greatest need of the librarv. 1dns 

 year's statistics show 508 ]H'riodical vohimes bound. Last year's 

 showed none. W'ith over one thousand periodicals rc-cei\-e(l yearly 

 this means that onl\' one tin'rd of tlie x'earh' recei])ts are ])erma- 

 nently protected In- binding fi'om the wear and tear and danger 

 of loss of ]iarts that exists when the makeshift of t\ing up and 

 shelving a volume in ]iarts is resorted to. d'he binding needs of 

 the library \vere stressed in a talk before a grou]) brought together 

 l)_\- the Librar}- Committee of the Woman's Auxiliary of the 

 (iarden. 



Pro\'ision for ade(|uatel\' fding tlu' liulrx ^llganiin and the 

 Torrey Club liidc.v to American l->olau'n-al IJlcralnrc cards was 

 effected by the i)urchase of two iiling cabinets containing a total 

 ol 150 tra}'s. These caljinets ^\•ere secured second-hand at one 

 lourth the ])rice ([noted for supplying new cabinets. 



I^'or the Spring Lispcction in May, an exhibition of the eleven 

 original flower ])aintings b\- Mrs. l^dlis Rowan, which were pre- 

 sented in V)^7 by ]\Irs. J lenry ^tcKeen b'erriday, was arranged. 

 Idirough the com'tesy (T" Mr. Schniewind. Cdn^ator of Prints and 

 Librarian ot the Brookhn Museum, a loan of frames and a 

 backdro]:) for the ])aintings was secured. The exhibition was kept 

 on dis])lay for ox'cr a month and received much favorable comment. 



A record of additions to the librar\-'s collection of i)eriodicals 

 since 19,32, the date of tlie last Siipl^Iciiinil lo the I'nioji List of 

 serials in libraries of the Lnited States and C"anada, \vas forwarded 

 to the editorial board ol that i)ublication for inchrsion in the con- 

 templated new edition. The I'nioii List is the most useful tool 

 for the location of publications needed on interlibrary loan. 



Intekli br.vry Loans 



Books zvcrc loaned to: IJoyce Idiomjjson Institute, Yonkers, N. 

 v.; l)rooklvn Museum; I'rown l'nivel■sit^^ Providence, R. L; 

 Carnegie Institution (jf Washington. l)e])t. of Genetics, Cold 



