(9) 
from friends of the Garden, credited to the Special Book 
Fund as follows: 
Andrew Carnegie $ 500.00 
D. O. Mills 500.00 
John Innes Kane 500.00 
Mortimer L. Schiff 250.00 
S. W. Fairchild , 100.00 
Louis Marshall 100.00 
H. C. von Post 100.00 
Mrs. Wm. Bryce 50.00 
James J. Goodwin 50.00 
T. G. Sellew = 25.00 
$2,175.00 
The necessity of providing additional shelving in the 
library referred to in my report for 1904 was met during the 
year by the construction of additional steel shelves providing 
space for between 4,000 and 5,000 volumes, and this will 
accommodate the growth of the library for a considerable 
period. By moving the stacks somewhat closer together and 
closer to the walls, this additional shelving was installed on 
one level. The next time it becomes desirable to supply ad- 
ditional shelving, will necessitate either constructing stacks 
above those now in place, as contemplated in the original 
plans for the building, or obtaining additional space in one of 
the rooms adjacent to the library. 
The value of our publications as exchange media is be- 
coming increasingly apparent in the demand for them by 
other publishing institutions, so that a large portion of our 
expenditure for printing is met by the value of publications 
received in exchange; the policy of printing large editions of 
our publications, pursued from the first, is thus strengthened. 
Museums and Herbarium 
The reports of the Curator of Museums and Herbarium 
and of the Honorary Curator of the Economic Collections 
record the progress made during the year in obtaining and 
installing specimens. As in the case of the collections of 
