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various phases ol ])lant life. The Hlirary is specially rich in piih- 

 lications of foreij^n countries and has a growing collection of 

 incunabula and otlier iM-e-Linnaean works. 



Bibliogra])hical assistance is rendered to readers by members of 

 the IJbrary staff. 



An annotated list of the incunabula, i)re-Linnaean works, old 

 herl)als and other rare or historically ini])ortant l)ooks in the Li- 

 brary was jnibbslied as the July, 1935, number of tlu' Rolanic 

 (iarden l\i;coRn. C"o])ies are for sale at 40 cents each. 



HER HART A 



77/c I'lunicrot/aiiiic IL'rbariuni consists at present of more tlian 

 210,000 s])ecimens ol flowering plants. 



I'lic Cry^toiiamic I ! cr'niriiini contains a large collection of ferns, 

 mosses, h\'erworls, liche rs, and algae. It also contains the mvco- 

 logical collection consisting of approxiniatelv 79,000 specimens of 

 fungi and myxomxcetes, including the niycological collection of Dr. 

 Franz l^ubak, of l*rague, for uiany years director of the Tabor 

 J)otanical (iarden. 444;; collection, of 33,779 si^ecimens, inchides 

 type specimens of more than 500 species new to science, described 

 b\- Dr. Bubak. 



Other exsiccati re])re,-entcd in the (Iarden herbarium ai"e Ihost' 

 ot K. P)artholoniew ; h4 is & bA-erhart ; Jaczewski, Komarow and 

 44"anzschel ; W. A. KelL'rman ; Raciborski ; Seymour & b4ule : C. 

 L. Shear; 14. li 1'. Sydow ; David ("jriffiths ; and others. 



44iese herbaria may l)e consulted daily (except Sundays and 

 holidays) from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. ; Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 12 m. 

 Speciiuens ma\' be subn itted for identilication. 



COXSERVATORllvS 



4die (jarden conservatories contain a cnUection of tender and 

 tropical ]4ants. Of s])ecial interest for teachers of nature stud\' 

 and geogra])h\' aix' the following usetul i)lants from the tropics 

 and subtroi)ics : banana, orange, lemon, lime, kum([uat, tamarind, 

 AVest Indiau cedar (the source of the wood used for cigar boxes), 

 eucalvptus, Ahuiila hem], sisal, ])andanus (source ot the fiber used 

 for making certain kind.v of fil)er hats), fig, gra])evines from north 



