101 
volumes, 352 pamphlets, and 825 parts. The list of donors is 
included in Appendix I 
Of periodicals and other serials the library received 770 
exchanges, 103 as gifts, 145 as purchases, and 6 through publi- 
cation by the Garden, making a total of 1,024 titles. 
List of some important accessions 
Through the generosity of Mrs. Field’s Literary Club, of Brook- 
lyn, the library received a gift of $500 for the purchase of rare 
books, the collection to constitute a memorial to the club’s founder, 
Mrs. George White Field. Following is a list of the items secured : 
[Bobart, Jacob]. Catalogus plantarum horti medici Oxoniensis Se. Latino 
Anglicus, & Anglico Latinus. [Oxonii], nas 
Bretschneider, Emil. Botanicon Sinicum. Notes on Chinese botany from 
native and western sources. Shanghai, oe 895. 3 parts in 3 vols. 
—. Early European see into the flora of China. Shanghai, 1880. 
(Journal of the North-China branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. 
80 s ) 
) Perens . ) 
Brongniart, A. T. Prodrome d’une histoire des végétaux fossiles. Paris, 
1828, 
Dillenius, J. J. Historia muscorum in qua circiter sexcentae species veteres 
novae ad sua genera relatae describuntur et iconibus genuinis 
illustrantu Cum appendice et indice synonymorum. Oxford, 1741. 
Duppa, Se Illustrations of the lotus of the ancients, and tamara of 
India, London, 1816. 
Ellis, ee cubes: for bringing over seeds and plants from the East- 
ndi thich is added, the figure and botanical naan 
of a new sensitive plant, called Dionaea muscipula: or, fl 
trap. London 
Helmont, J. B. van. com medicinae ... Amsterodami, 16 
Hofmeister, W1 n. ergleichende Untersuchungen der eemine Ent- 
faltung und a ances ee Kryptogamen ... Leipzig, 1851. 
Knight, T. A. A Selection from the physiological and horticultural li 
published in the Transactions of the Royal and Horticultural Soc 
his li 
ties ... to which is prefixed, a sketch of fe. London, 1841. 
Ledebour, C. F. von. Icones plantarum novarum vel imperfecti cognitarum 
rossicam, imprimis, altaicam, illustrantis. Rigae, 1829-1834. 
5 ae 
Linné, Carl von. Genera plantarum. [lst edition] Lugduni Batavorum, 
Moricand, NE E. Plantes nouvelles d’Amérique. Genéve, 1833-1846. 
Pasteur, Louis. Le Budget de la science. Paris, 1868. 
