Samuel Thorne... 0.0... ccc eee eee nes 100 
Miss Catherine A. Bliss...............2. 0200 eee 100 
Edward V. Z. Lane... 0.0... cece ees i kere) 
Mrs. FE. H. Harriman........... 000. e cece eee 100 
Geo. S. Bowdoin... oie c eee 100 
John E. Parsons... 0.0... cece ee eee eee 50 
Library 
The growth of the library has continued mainly by the 
aid of funds contributed by members and friends of the 
Garden. An increase of 639 volumes is recorded by 
the Librarian, the collection now aggregating 23,578 bound 
volumes. 
Additional steel shelving, providing for some 5,000 
volumes, is provided for, which will take care of the growth 
of the collection for several years. 
This large and comprehensive collection of botanical and 
horticultural literature is attracting students and investiga- 
tors from all parts of the country and it is desired that 
efforts to further increase it be continued. 
Contributions of money, credited to the “Special Book 
Fund” and expended for the purchase of books, were 
received during the year as follows: 
J. Pierpont Morgan..........-.0 cece eee eee $500 
Jacob H. Schiff... een eee 100 
C.F s Coty sasos iene kiveniee de ceed ocean 100 
Louis Marshall... 00.0.0... eee eee eee 50 
Laboratories 
The facilities for investigation supplied by the labora- 
tories were taken advantage of during the year by 27 
special students and investigators, in consultation with 
various members of the staff, each person pursuing a 
different line of study. Monthly conferences of students 
and members of the staff have been held as formerly and a 
record of the subjects discussed at these conferences has 
been published in the Garden JournaL. Mr. A. B. Stout, 
