REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN. 



To THE Members of the 



Worcester County Horticultural Society: 



Your Librarian submits herewith his annual report. There is 

 nothing especially noteworthy to report in regard to the Library. 

 Of its location and condition, its pleasant and comfortable room, 

 you are all familiar with, or should be at least, for the Librarian 

 is always glad to attend to calls for books and periodicals, when 

 not otherwise engaged with the numerous patrons of the Hall. 

 It will be remembered that last year a catalogue of the Library 

 was prepared and published in connection with the Transactions 

 of the Society. This Catalogue has been quite a help to those 

 who have been accustomed to taking out books, as well as to the 

 Librarian. Members who have joined the Society the past year, 

 who have not received copies, can obtain them by applying to 

 the Librarian. 



The number of books, papers and periodicals taken out during 

 the year is 320. Those consulted at the rooms about twice as 

 many more. Of the books purchased by the Library Committee 

 the past year, the first fifty volumes of Curtis's Botanical Maga- 

 zine may be considered the most important. This work was 

 begun in 1787, just 100 years ago, and is still published. 



To Horticultural literature the words of the preacher will ap- 

 ply as well as to other things : — " Is there any thing whereof it 

 may be said : See this is new ; it hath been already of old time 

 which was before us." Many of the flowers grown to-day you 

 will find illustrated and described in these works of a century 

 old. Altliough these books are old, yet tliey are valuable, and 

 the Society is very fortunate in obtaining them. Of the sub- 

 joined list of books and pamphlets added to the Library during 

 the year 85 volumes have come from the American Antiquarian 



