(98) 
of the Economic Collections, the Honorary Curator of 
Mosses, and the Honorary Curator of the Collection of 
Fossil Plants. 
Library 
Additions to the library were, for the most part, by gifts 
and by exchanges of our publications for those of other 
institutions and associations. Little money was available 
during the year for purchases. A permanent fund which 
would make the more rapid growth of the library certain 
is greatly desired. ‘The collection still lacks many volumes 
of the older literature of botany and horticulture, and 
these books are continually becoming more difficult to 
secure and more expensive. Our present available funds 
are insufficient to enable us to purchase all current botanical 
and horticultural literature. The most noteworthy gift 
of books was made by Mrs. Addison Brown, from the 
library of the late Judge Addison Brown, containing many 
valuable volumes.* 
Reports of the Librarian and of the Bibliographer hereto 
appended contain additional information relative to this 
collection. 
Laboratories and Experimental Gardens 
Instruction of advanced students and cooperation with 
investigators from other institutions have been continued 
during the year, 16 registered students having utilized the 
facilities of the laboratories and experimental gardens, 
and having conducted researches over a wide range of sub- 
jects. The income of the Henry Iden Fund has been used 
for the payment of resident research scholarships, and 
grants in aid of student investigations have been made 
from the income of the Students Research Fund. The 
area of land used for experimental gardens at the nurseries 
has proved sufficient, but an increase in greenhouse space 
there is desirable, in order to supply additional facilities 
for plant breeding and for studies in plant pathology. 
* See Jour. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 16: 120-122. 
