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In June, the Garden was the recipient of 218 volumes, 
including several valuable duplicate sets. These books, 
the gift of Mr. Nathaniel T. Kidder of Boston, were 
specially listed in the July number of the Journal. 
There have been added to the catalogue during the past 
year 1,136 written and typewritten cards, in addition to 
the printed cards issued by the Torrey Botanical Club. 
Considerable work has been done upon the revision of the 
catalogue and many apparently superfluous subject cards 
withdrawn. 
A letter recently received from our agent in charge of 
foreign periodical subscriptions reads, as follows: ‘“‘The 
British Foreign Office has given instructions to release all 
publications of enemy origin in detention, so far as they are 
addressed to universities or public institutions of the United 
States, and has announced the termination of the permit 
arrangement. Accordingly, parcels held in London may 
be expected at any time, but shipments stored at Rotterdam 
while now on shipboard there, must wait the conclusion of 
the embargo negotiations with Holland. A solution is 
declared imminent.” 
The following additions should be made to the list of 
periodicals as appended to the report of the Librarian for 
1916 (Bulletin 9: 342-363): 
Add the following: 
International Garden Club, New York, N. Y. Journal. 
Jalta. Jardin Imperial de Nikita, Jalta, Russia. Seed Lists, 
Acta Florae Rossicae. 
* Journal of Forestry, Washington, D. C. 
Lorquinia, Los Angeles, Cal. 
New York State Forestry Association, Syracuse, N. Y. New 
York Forestry. 
Sociedad Geografica de Lima, Lima, Peru. Boletin. 
* Soil Science, Baltimore, Md. 
Respectfully submitted, 
ARAH H. Hartow, 
Librarian. 
