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The growth of the hbrary to its present important position has 

 been largely due, next to the liberality of the Society itself, to the 

 special funds bequeathed to it in years past. The Stickney Fund, 

 the income of which was enjoyed for twenty years, furnished the 

 means by which some of its most expensive acquisitions were made, 

 volumes that it would be difficult to obtain now. 



In later years the income of the John D. W. French Fund and 

 the John S. Farlow Fund, which is used exclusively for the purchase 

 of books, has enabled the library to add much valuable material, 

 especially in the line of current publications, and has caused the 

 memory of the givers to be held in grateful appreciation. It is 

 hoped that in the years to come additional bequests of a similar 

 nature may come to the Society for the benefit of the library that the 

 usefulness of this department of its work may be still further 

 developed. 



A new and complete catalogue of the library is much needed and 

 would add greatly to its availability. None has been printed since 

 1873. 



The opening of the library room on exliibition Sundays during 

 the hours of the exhibitions seems to be at present a reasonable 

 solution of the Sunday opening problem and has worked satisfacto- 

 rily thus far. It is proposed to continue the same arrangement in 

 the future with extension of the plan should there be sufficient de- 

 mand for this privilege. 



In conclusion, the library is now in good condition, the books 

 conveniently classified and easily accessible, and the members of the 

 Society are cordially invited to make free use of them. 



Among the accessions of the year are the following: 



Agricola, Georg Andrea. Versuch einer allgemeinen Vermehrung aller 

 Baume, Stauden und Blumengewachse, etc. Regensburg: 1772. 



Albonico, Johann Heinrich. Niitzliche Bemerkungen fiir Garten- und 

 Blumenfreunde, 9 parts. Leipzig: 1795-1798. 



Andrew, John A. An Address delivered before the New England Agri- 

 cultural Society at Springfield, Mass., Sept. 9, 1864. 



— — ■ An Address delivered at Brattleborough, Vermont, by invitation 

 of the Agricultural Society of Vermont, Sept. 7, 1866. 



Anthophilus, Isidor. Wohlbewahrtes Garten-Buch, etc. Lucern und 

 Strassburg: 1758. 



Baltet, Charles. Traite de la Culture Fruitiere, Commerciale et Bour- 

 geoise, Quatrieme ed., Paris: 1908. 



