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seemed most desirable. The number of Nursery and Seed Cata- 

 logues arranged during the year is probably greater than in any 

 other year since we began to collect them. The whole collection 

 has, during the year been alphabetically arranged and counted, and 

 found to number over seven thousand. 



The work of arranging and binding such books as were most in 

 need has been steadily pursued. The periodicals annually bound 

 form no small addition to our Library, and besides those a large 

 proportion of the books bought are received in parts which require 

 to be bound as soon as completed. The work of binding the 

 agricultural newspapers, which for the last five years have been 

 preserved as permanent additions to the Library, has not yet 

 been begun, but it should not be much longer delayed. 



Robert Manning, 

 Secretary and Librarian. 



