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f the museum and other buildings, for the design of the book 
plate for the Garden library, an impression of which is shown in 
The general character of the library may be known when 
Fic. 5. Book plate of the New York Botanical Garden. 
it is stated that it contains 127 volumes of general dictionaries and 
non-botanical reference works, 100 volumes on ahaa science, 
00 umes on geology and palaeontology, 1,733 volumes of 
see and proceedings, 52 volumes of collective and ee 
s, 495 volumes on morphology and physiology, 50 volumes 
on geographic distribution, 2,105 volumes of floras and taxono- 
mic monographs on the BhanGrces o>) go2 ene on eee 
gams, 640 volumes 325 
volumes on forestry, and 200 volumes on sy ae 
total number of volumes on the shelves is 7,117, with about 300 
