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that the needed volumes be procured to complete the 

 set up to the close of the quarto publication, and that 

 the continuation in octavo, the first volume of which 

 in quarterly numbers had just been completed, be pro- 

 cured. They also recommended the completion of Lou- 

 don's Gardener's Magazine, of which fifteen volumes 

 were wanting, and that three volumes of Michaux's 

 Sylva be procured to complete the set. They renewed 

 the recommendation to procure Noisette's Jardin Frui- 

 tier, Paxton's Magazine of Botany, and Torrey and 

 Gray's Flora of North America, and added as desirable 

 London's Rural Cemeteries, Hortus Lignosus, and Ency- 

 clopaedia of Trees and Shrubs ; Mrs. London's Ladies' 

 Companion ; Lindley's Vegetable Kingdom ; A Manual 

 of Practical Draining ; Low's Breeds of Domestic Ani- 

 mals ; the Farmer's Dictionary ; and the American 

 Poulterer's Companion. The committee stated that 

 they had made choice of R. M. Copeland as librarian, 

 and had set apart the hours from 11 till 1 o'clock of 

 every Saturday in the year for the delivery of books. 

 From this time, there has been no failure of the Library 

 Committee to report annually ; though the reports were 

 not generally published, nor always recorded. 



With the liberal appropriation of $300, the commit- 

 tee were, a year later, able to report that a complete set 

 of Paxton's Magazine of Botany, in twelve volumes, had 

 been purchased ; two volumes, completing the quarto 

 Transactions of the London Horticultural Society, had 

 been received, and also the numbers of the new series 

 as far as published. London's Magazine had been 

 ordered to complete the set. Many other small works 

 had also been added to the library ; and the whole of 

 the books were in better condition than ever before. 



