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with the Library of the U. S. Department of Agricuhure resuked 

 in the acquisition of several thousand of these pubUcations and has 

 necessitated a rearrangement of the entire collection. It is now 

 arranged wholly chronologically and the four hundred pamphlet 

 boxes required to contain it are placed upon the shelves alphabeti- 

 cally by countries. 



Mr. N. T. Kidder has continued his interest in the library by 

 presenting to it 130 pamphlets and volumes, consisting in great part 

 of reports of agricultural and horticultural societies, among which 

 were many that filled vacancies in the sets of these publications. 



Miss E. M. Eustis and Mr. E. E. Norton also contributed several 

 desirable books. 



In December, INIr. Everell L. Sweet placed on exhibition and 

 presented to the Society an interesting collection of framed photo- 

 graphs of East Indian products, representing the cultivation and 

 preparation of gambler, tapioca, pepper, rattan, etc. These will be 

 hung upon the walls of the rooms adjoining the library. 



A gift during the year, worthy of note, was that of one of the first 

 diplomas of membership issued by the Society, a copy of which 

 was not known to be in existence. This rarity was dated 1831 

 and signed by the first Pi'esident of the Society, General H. A. S. 

 Dearborn. It was presented by Mrs. Ellen M. Gill of ]\Iedford 

 and was originally owned by a member of the Society living in that 

 city. It is intended to have this relic suitably framed and hung 

 upon the walls of the Secretary's office. The diploina of the 

 Society now in use was adopted in 18-11. 



For all these gifts to the library the thanks of the Society are 

 gratefully tendered. 



The opening of the library on exhibition Sunday s from t\^ o to six 

 o'clock has been continued throughout the year and will be kept up 

 in the future. This additional opportunity for consulting the peri- 

 odicals and books has been made use of to a moderate extent. 



The preliminary outlining of plans for a new catalogue has begun 

 and it is hoped may assume material shape in the not distant future. 



Appreciative acknowledgment should be made in this report 

 of the regular receipt of the valuable publications of the several 

 divisions of the V. S. Department of Agriculture, the bulletins and 

 reports of the various state experiment stations, and of the numerous 



