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what has been said in the report of the Library Committee, that 

 although the expenditure is not equal to the appropriation, the 

 books pm-chased to arrive will make that account all right next 

 year. I only wish the library could be made more valuable by 

 more frequent and constant use. It is to-day the best of its kind 

 in the world, but is beneficial only in proportion as it is consulted. 



Our stores are as desirable as ever, and our halls have lost noth- 

 ing of their prestige. •. 



The visitors to our rooms for the use of the hbrary and for mu- 

 tual intercourse, increase in numbers year by j^ear to a degTee truly 

 encouraging. Friends of horticulture abroad will please accept an 

 invitation to make our rooms their headquarters while in this city. 

 Our members, of course, need no invitation. 



E. W. BUSWELL, Treasurer. 



