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the new edition of Emerson's Trees and Shrubs of Massachusetts, 

 of which a beautiful copy has been presented by the author. A 

 large number of volumes were received from the Cambridge Hor- 

 ticultural Society, some of which are of great value. 



The continued use of the library and reading room during the 

 past year shows that members appreciate these advantages. 



Your Committee can only hope that each year may show increas- 

 ing interest, and that the library may ever prove one of the most 

 important means of usefulness to the Society. 



For the Committee, 



EDWARD S. RAND, Jr., Chairman. 



LIBRARY ACCESSIONS IN 1875. 



Books Purchased. 



Torrey, John. Botany of the United States and Mexican Boun- 

 dary Survey, 61 plates ; and Engelmann, George M,, 



Cactacese, 75 plates. 4to. 

 Curtis, William. Flora Londinensis ; new edition, enlarged by 



George Graves and W. J. Hooker. 5 vols, folio, 660 



colored plates. 

 Lindley, John, P. H. D., F. R. S., and Thomas Moore, F. L. S., The 



Nature printed Ferns of Great Britain and Ireland. Atlas 



folio, 51 colored plates. 

 Beddome, R. H. Ferns of British India. Thick 4to., 344 plates. 

 Jennings, Samuel. Orchids, and how to grow them in India and 



other Tropical Countries. 4to., 47 colored plates. 

 Bateman, James, F. R. S., F. L. S. A Monograph of Odontoglos- 



sum. Atlas folio, 30 colored plates. 

 Warner, Robert, F. L. S., F. R. H. S., and Benjamin S. Williams. 



Select Orchidaceous Plants ; second series. Large folio, 39 



colored plates. 

 Burbidge, F. W., and J. G. Baker. The Narcissus, its History and 



Culture. 8vo., 48 colored plates. 

 Thomas, John J. The Illustrated Register of Rural Affairs, vol. 



7. 12mo. 

 Darwin, Charles. Insectivorous Plants. 8vo. 



