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The Mertz Library's Circulating Collection


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Circulating Collection

The Circulating Collection is housed in the Shelby White and Leon Levy Reading Room of the Mertz Library. The collection contains over 3,800 gardening, horticultural, and botanical titles of general interest. The holdings are listed in the online catalog of the LuEsther T. Mertz Library (CATALPA) and available for borrowing by Garden Members, Staff, and Volunteers.

Library cards can be obtained by presenting a valid Garden membership card and completing an application form.
Loans: Members may borrow three books at any one time. The loan period for all books is three weeks. Books may be renewed if another reader has not requested them.
To re-new books from the Circulating collection please call 718-817-8560.

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Have your information needs on gardening, plants, horticulture or landscape design outgrown your private library? Get access to the Mertz Library’s books, journals, and on-site research tools on gardening, horticulture, plant science, and other botanical or horticultural information.

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