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REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN 
Dr. N. L. Brirron, Drrecror-1n-CaIEF. 
Sir: I have the honor to submit the following report for 
the year 1913. 
The position of Librarian at the New York Botanical 
Garden was assumed by me in January, 1913. 
During the spring months, the work of moving and re- 
arranging the books was carried on, those comprising the 
divisions of Horticulture, Forestry, Landscape Gardening 
and the publications of the U. S. Department of Agriculture 
(in part) being removed to the new stacks in the room to the 
west of the reading room. This has greatly relieved the 
congestion which prevailed in certain parts of the library. 
The Cox collection of Darwiniana referred to in the 
Journat for January, 1913, and in the Butietin for March 
of the same year has been installed in its specially constructed 
case which stands in the rear of the reading room. The 
cards for the books have been written and placed in the 
catalogue. Such cards bear the words “‘Cox Collection”’ in 
place of the usual call number. 
Five framed portraits of botanists, the gift of Professor 
H. F. Osborne, have been presented to the library the past 
year, while the appearance of the other pictures has been 
greatly improved by remounting and by the regilding of the 
frames. ‘This was done through the kindness of Mrs. 
Britton. 
During the year, 949 volumes have been bound, including 
31 which are the property of Columbia University. 
The accessions, including §2 gifts, have been printed in 
the JouRNAL as usual: 24 books have been deposited by 
Columbia. 
The census taken at the end of the year shows 25,376 
bound volumes, a net gain of 1,352 over the census of a 
year ago. 
2,111 written cards have been added to the catalogue, 
while the cards issued by the Torrey Botanical Club have 
been written up nearly to date and also entered. 
