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several regions in extreme southern Florida and made an 
investigation of the fern flora of the whole state of Florida, 
which I hope to publish with illustrations and descriptions. 
Respectfully submitted, 
Joun K. Smatt, 
Head Curator of the Museums and Herbarium. 
REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN 
Dr. N. L. Brirron, Drrecror-1n-Cuier. 
Sir: I have the honor to submit the following report for 
the year 1918. 
Owing to the crowded condition of certain sections of 
the library, it seemed imperative that additional shelving 
space should be provided. This was secured by the va- 
cating of two stacks in the room at the west of the main 
reading room, formerly filled with books belonging to the 
bibliographer. Since the moving of the entire library 
was involved in this change, work was commenced on 
September 1 and continued until early in October, when 
the end of the east stacks was reached. 
At that time the greatly needed work of repairing the 
walls of the stack room was begun and completed within a 
month. This has greatly improved the appearance of the 
library, and it is hoped will prevent the leakage of water 
in the future. The necessary cleaning of books has inter- 
fered with the further work of moving, but this has now 
been resumed and will be pushed to completion. 
This additional shelving space will probably suffice for 
normal growth during a period of two years. 
The librarian’s office has been temporarily transferred 
from the library to the room at the west of the main reading 
room, thus ensuring greater comfort during the winter 
months. 
The census taken at the end of the year shows a total of 
29,237 bound volumes, a net gain of 703 over the census of 
a year ago. 
