136 



Serials and Periodicals 



(Including only those of which numbers were received in 1940) 



Subscription 143 



Gift 101 



Exchange 635 



Publication 6 



Total 8X5 



Cataloging 



Hooks, Pamphlets, and Serials catalogued 649 



Total number ol cards typewritten and filed 1,510 



Printed Cards 



Torrey Botanical Club index cards on file, December 31 , 1939 57,049 



Filed during 1940 2,583 



Total 50,632 



Miscellaneous 



Number of users of the library 3,874 



Books lent to members of the staff 1 ,152 



Books lent to other institutions 73 



Books borrowed from other institutions 15 



REPORT OF THE RESIDENT INVESTIGATOR 

 (FERNS) FOR 1 ( )40 



To tii e Director ; 



I submit herewith my report for the year ending December 31, 

 1940. 



The concluding work in this field (hiring PM-0 was the prepara- 

 tion of two articles, designed for presentation at the animal meet- 

 ing of the American Fern Society, at Philadelphia, and for publi- 

 cation in the American Fern Journal. The titles oi these articles 

 arc as follows: 'The American Fern Journal through thirty 

 years;" "Charles Alfred Weatherby and the American Fern 

 fournal." 



I have been a member of the editorial staff of the Fern Journal 

 throughout its existence; for twenty-seven years of this period with 

 a botanical headquarters at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, and for 



