Inasmuch as such a large proportion of questions concerning 

 plants have to be determined by reference to the herbarium 

 it is important that it be continuously studied and its 

 classification brought up to all published information con- 

 cerning the names and relationships of plants. 



Contributions of money credited to the "Museum Fund" 

 and expended for the purchase of specimens were con- 

 tributed during the year as follows: 



William D. Sloane £ioo 



Chas. G. Thompson ioo 



Library 



A count of the books on the library shelves made January 

 6, 1910, shows that this collection now consists of 21,708 vol- 

 umes, an increase during the year of 478 volumes. There 

 are also many thousand pamphlets. The additions have 

 been obtained by exchange, and by purchase from ordinary 

 Garden funds, but mainly by means of the special fund for 

 scientific purposes subscribed by members of the Garden 

 during the year. The following contributions to this fund 

 have been credited to the purchase of books, but not wholly 

 expended: 



Andrew Carnegie $500 



Geo. F. Baker 250 



Geo. S. Bowdoin 250 



A. F. Estabrook 



Edward V. Z. Lane 



Thomas H. Hubbard 



James Speyer 



Francis Lynde Stetson 



Addison Brown 



Ernst Thalmann 



H. C. Fahnestock 



John E. Parsons 



The visit of our Librarian, Dr. John H. Barnhart, to 

 Europe for the purpose of selecting from the stocks of 

 foreign bookdealers, works especially desirable for the 



