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List of sonic important accessions 



Dalechamps, Jacques. Historia generalis plantarum. Lugduni, 1586-87. 2 

 vols. 



9 ? 



vols. 



Edwards, S. T. The New botanic garden. London, 181 



Ingen-housz, Jan. Some farther considerations on the influence of the vege- 

 table kingdom on the animal creation. London, 1782. 



Linne, Carl von. Materia medica, liber I. De plantis. Holmiae, 1749. 



Mariottc, Ldme. Premier essay de la vegetation des plantes. Paris, 10/9. 



Marloth, Rudolf. The Flora of South Africa . . . Capetown, 1913-1932. 

 4 vols, in 6. 



Michaux. F. A. Voyage a 1'ouest des Monts Alleghanys . . . Paris, 1802. 



Monardes, Nicolas. De Simplicibus medicamentes ex occidentali India 

 delatis, quorum in medicina usus est . . . Antverpiae, 1574. 

 — . Simplicium medicamentorum ex novo orbe delatorum, quorum in 

 medicina usus est, historiae liber tertius . . . Antverpiae, 1582. 



Pasteur, Louis. Ltudes sur la maladie des vers a soie . . . Paris, 1870. 2 

 vols. 



Royle, J. F. Illustrations of the botany and other branches of the natural 

 history ol the Himalayan mountains and of the flora of Cashmere. 

 London, 1839. 2 vols. 



Sloane, Hans. A Voyage to the islands Madera, Barbados, Xieves, S. Chris- 

 tophers and Jamaica . . . London, 1707-25. 2 vols. 



Sweet, Robert. Cistineae . . . London, 1825-30. 



'1 rew, C. J. Plantae selectae quarum imagines ad exemplaria naturalia Lon- 

 dini in hortis curiosorum nutrita maun artificiosa doctaque pinxit C. D. 

 Ehret . . . Nuremberg, 1750-73. 



Library Work 



Preparation of books for binding lias taken up much of the time 

 (hiring the year. Volumes to the number of 1,386 were prepared. 

 The Pre-Linnean books received special attention, 42 volumes being 

 sent to a binder specializing in the restoration of old books. New- 

 backs were supplied, covers rehinged, and binding repaired, thus 

 improving the appearance of the collection as a whole. 



Through the cooperation of the U. S. Works Progress Admin- 

 istration the other volumes in this special collection were put into 

 first class shape, minor tears repaired, loose covers strengthened, 

 and all leather-bound books treated with a preservative preparation 

 of lanolin and neatsfoot oil. This treatment was also extended to 

 all the leather-bound books in the general library collection. In 

 addition, the W. P. A. (hiring the year bound 709 volumes, made 



