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discussion of this matter that the appropriations during the years 

 of the larger number of exhibitions averaged $2000.00 more than 

 the amounts appropriated in recent years. 



The usual winter course of lectures was held during January, 

 February, and March. Ten lectures on a variety of subjects of 

 horticultural interest were presented all of which have been pub- 

 lished in the proceedings of the Society. 



The publications of the year and the dates of issue have been as 

 follows : 



January 25. Schedule of Prizes and Exliibitions, 48 pages. 



July 27. Transactions, 1907, Part 2, pages 137-305 and Plates 

 1-6. 



October 9. Transactions, 1908, Part 1, pages 1-146 and Plate 1. 



The Library. 



Continued effort has been made during the year to increase the 

 library's list of the world's best horticultural periodicals, with the 

 result that sixteen additional titles have been added. There are 

 now regularly received one hundred and fifty periodicals repre- 

 senting the horticultural activities of many countries and mostly 

 acquired in exchange for the publications of the Society. 



The bound volumes of these periodicals are frequently consulted 

 by investigators of special subjects and form one of the most valu- 

 able departments of the library and it is hoped to still further add 

 to their number. 



Other classes of horticultural literature have not been neglected 

 as the list of the principal accessions appended to this report will 

 show. A thousand more pamphlets have been bound in durable 

 covers bringing the number up to twenty-five hundred, all of which 

 have been placed in their appropriate classes on the shelves. 



Desirable volumes have been presented to the library by the 

 following named interested members of the Society: Prof. C. S. 

 Sargent, Charles Baltet, John L. Bird, Oakes Ames, John Robin- 

 son, Edw. E. Norton, and Wm. C. Barry. The gift of a large 

 number of American and foreign horticultural trade catalogues, 

 containing many additions to the collection already in the library, 

 has been made by Prof. Sargent and adds much to the valuable 

 accumulation of this material. 



