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The natural features of the river woods and of the north 
meadows remain essentially unchanged and, since the com- 
pletion of most of the path system in these areas, have 
become much more accessible to visitors. 
Museums and Herbarium 
A detailed account of additions to the museums and her- 
barium and of other work on these collections will be found 
in the report of the Head Curator hereto appended. The 
general arrangement of the collections remains as before, 
but many of the series of specimens have been modified by 
addition and substitution. The additional cases provided 
last year for the economic museum have been filled, and 
more cases are now needed on all four floors of the museum 
building to properly display and conserve the collections 
still in storage. 
Library 
The report of the Librarian shows noteworthy progress in 
building up the collection of books, the addition of 1,352 
bound volumes having been largely accomplished by binding 
volumes previously obtained and by the installation of the 
Charles Finney Cox collection of Darwiniana. Only small 
sums have been available for expenditure for the purchase 
of books. The desirability of financial provision for the 
purchase of older literature of botany and horticulture still 
remains, and, as I have mentioned in previous reports, 
many of these books are becoming increasingly more difficult 
to secure. 
The establishment of the position of Bibliographer at the 
beginning of the year and the appointment of Dr. John 
Hendley Barnhart to this position have greatly added to 
the efficiency of library work and the giving out of informa- 
tion concerning the literature of botany and horticulture. 
Laboratories 
No considerable change has been made in the equipment 
or arrangement of the laboratories. Special facilities have 
