REPORT 



OF THE 



LIBRARY COMMITTEE 



The library has this year been largely increased by the purchase 

 of many valuable books. The shelves are very much crowded, and 

 it is hoped that during the next year additional accommodations 

 will be provided. 



The appropriation of the Society has been wholly expended for 

 periodicals and binding, and the income of the Stickney Fund has 

 been used, according to the terms of the loan, in the purchase of 

 books exclusively. 



Your Committee regret that it has been found necessary to cut 

 down the appropriation by the Society for the coming year, but 

 hope that during the year it will be increased to the usual amount. 



A list of the books and magazines purchased and presented 

 accompanies this report. 



For the Committee, 



WALDO 0. ROSS, Chairman. 



LIBRARY ACCESSIONS IN 1877. 

 Books Purchased. 



Pritzel, G. A. Thesaurus Literaturae Botanicae Omnium Gentium. 

 New edition, 4to. Leipsic: 1872. 



Buek, H. W. Genera, Species, et Synonyma CandoUeana, or 

 Index to De CandoUe's Prodromus. 4 vols, in 3. 8vo. 

 Berlin: 1842-1874. 



Hobbs, Charles E. Botanical Hand-Book, etc. Large 8vo. Bos- 

 ton: 1876. 



