( 230) 
fourth more volumes was placed in the stack-room. The in- 
crease of books this year has however nearly filled them. 
A large octagonal table has been constructed for the center 
of the reading room. On it are now displayed the current 
periodicals. The lower portion of this table is fitted with 
shelves and doors, and provides space for the storing of mis- 
cellaneous unclassified collections such as letters, manuscripts 
and pictures. 
The most notable addition to the library was the purchase 
in Paris during the month of May of some five hundred books 
and pamphlets at the auction sale of the botanical library of 
the late Professor Alexis Jordan. Of these, the most valu- 
able, some 340 numbers, were the gift of Mr. Andrew Car- 
negie, the remainder being purchased through the special 
book fund. 
Valuable gifts have been received from Mr. C. F. Cox, 
who presented the library with 80 volumes of books on micros- 
copy, from Mr. Leonard Barron, and Dr. L. M. Under- 
wood. Professor F. S. Earle has presented over 600 mis- 
cellaneous unbound pamphlets, many of which have filled 
gaps in incomplete serials. The Library of Columbia Uni- 
versity has also given from time to time a number of unbound 
dissertations on botanical subjects that have proved very ac- 
ceptable additions to the existing collections. A number of 
horticultural and agricultural publications have also been 
received from the same source. 
Additional exchanges with other institutions have been 
arranged, and the number of journals, periodicals and re- 
ports now received in that way in exchange for Garden pub- 
lications is 305, as against 257 during 1902. The number 
of journals subscribed for is now 30, as against 20 received 
last year. 
Accessions to the Library other than serials and regular 
exchanges, have been published monthly in the JouRNAL. 
Respectfully submitted, 
Anna Murray VAIL, 
Librarian. 
