62 MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



EEPOET OF THE COMITTEE ON THE LIBEAEY, 



For the Year 1867. 



BY F. PABKMAN, CHAIRMAN. 



The Libraiy is now in a better condition than ever before. A thorough 

 re-arrangement of the books has been effected, Avith a view to conven- 

 ient examination and distribution, and a complete and exact catalogue 

 has been made of all received up to the spring of 1867. A copy of this 

 catalogue may be obtained on application to the Superintendent, by any 

 member of the Society Avho has not one already. 



It may not be generally understood that the Library is now open 

 during the business hours of every day, and that those wishing to con- 

 sult or take out books will find the Superintendent, or his substitute, in 

 constant attendance. The circulation of books, during the past year, 

 has exceeded that of previous years. During the nine months of 1867, 

 in which the Library was open, the circulation was five hundred and 

 thirty-two volumes, against four hundred and eighty-one taken oi;t dur- 

 ing the whole of the year 1866. The books thus used are chiefly of a 

 popular and elementary character. The Committee have been especially 

 attentive to supj^lying all such books of this dass as have a real value. 

 Some very important acquisitions of another kind have been made dur- 

 ing the year. Among these may be mentioned the superb Belgian work 

 "Flora of the Greenhouses and Gardens of Europe'' — Flore des Sevres 

 et des Jardins de VEurope — the admirable illustrations of which make 

 it valuable even to those not familiar with the French language. Any 

 member, in want of a book not in the Library, is invited to leave its 

 name with the Superintendent, when it will receive the early attention 

 of the Committee. 



The expenditures for the year on account of the Library amount to 

 S496.88, a large part of which is for binding. 



The following books have been bought: 



l^ecoq, De la Fecondation Katurelle et Artificielle des Ycgetaux, 



etc., 1 vol., 8vo. 

 Le Jardin Fruitier du Museum, 2 vols., 4to. 

 Picturesque Garden Plans, 1 vol. 

 Beautiful Leaved Plants, 1 vol., 8vo. 

 Flore des Serres et des Jardins de I'Europe, 15 vols., 8vo. 

 Le Bon Jardinier, 1864, '5, '6, '7, 4 vols., 12mo. 

 Samuels, Birds of New England and Vicinity, 1 vol. 8vo. 



" " " '•'■ Duplicate, colored plates. 



