246 MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The Librarian takes the liberty to add the following remarks, 

 which have occurred to him while drawing up the above list. 



In the ten years last past, the books added have been nearly 

 equal to the former number, while the real value has been more 

 than doubled, by the acquisition of many large, rare, and costly 

 works of reference, so nearly out of print as to be seldom obtain- 

 able. Some, indeed, we have never known offered except in cases 

 made available to our advantage. 



Among these may be mentioned such works as Sibthorp's Flora 

 Graeca, in 10 vols., folio, 1,000 plates; Flora Danica, 17 vols., 

 folio, 3,000 plates ; Roxburgh's Coromandel Plants, 3 vols., folio ; 

 Edward's Botanical Register, 34 vols., 8vo. ; Sowerby's English 

 Botany, in two editions ; Loddiges' Cabinet ; Andrews' Reposi- 

 tory, and many others of great worth. The completion of the one 

 hundredth volume of Curtisi Botanical Magazine during the past 

 year, is worthy of mention." Our set of this work, perhaps the 

 most valuable in the Library, is perfect from the commencement, 

 and contains more than six thousand colored plates of plants. 



By bequest and donation our librarj'' has been greatly enriched, 

 and through much correspondence we have been enabled to obtain 

 many missing volumes to aid in completing hitherto imperfect 

 sets. 



It is pleasant to note an increasing interest, especiall}'^ in the 

 department of botany. In this respect cryptogamic botanj' is 

 prominent, while pomology and general horticulture have not 

 been neglected ; and yet I could wish our members to realize more 

 fully the advantages this library affords. 



