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Caledonia, from R. Schlechter ; 60 specimens " Graminese," 

 Lief, xxiii.-xxiv., from Kneucker ; 902 microphotographs of woods 

 illustrating minute structure, from J. A. Weale, and single speci- 

 mens from C. C. Tatham and Mrs. Brittan ; 218 cryptogams of 

 the Ionian island of Leucadia, from Mrs. Baden Powell; 90 Pteri- 

 dophytes of South America, &c, from Rosenstock and Schroeder; 

 34 MuscinecB from South Africa and Siam, from Wilms and 

 Hosseus ; 60 Musci Americae Septentrionalis, from Renauld and 

 Cardot ; 138 Canadian mosses, from Macoun ; 50 mosses of the 

 Indian and Polynesian Archipelago, from Fleischer ; 464 mosses 

 and hepatics of Sikkim, Guatemala and Mexico, from Levier ; 20 

 American Hepaticce, from Haynes ; 50 Hepaticce Europsese, from 

 Schiffner ; 150 North American marine algae, from Collins, Holden 

 and Setchell; 50 fungi select! and 40 myxomycetes, from Jaap ; 

 50 fungi imperfecti, from Kabat and Bubak ; 200 fungi columbiani, 

 from Bartholomew ; 50 ascomycetes, from Rehm ; 100 micro- 

 mycetes rariores selecti, from Vestergren ; 50 Uredinea, 25 

 Ustilaginece and 100 German fungi, from Sydow; 50 Westphalian 

 fungi, from Brinkmann : 16 prepared British fungi, from Hartley 

 Smith ; 66 new or rare British fungi and 46 microscope 

 preparations, from Miss A. Lorrain Smith ; 100 Russian lichens 

 from Elenkin. 



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INTERNATIONAL BOTANICAL CONGRESS, London, 1915. 



In connection with the forthcoming Congress, the following 

 circular has been issued: "The International Botanical Con- 

 gress, held at Brussels in May 1910, decided, on the invitation 

 of the Royal Society of London, that the next Meeting of the 

 Congress, in 1915, should be held in London. At a representa- 

 tive meeting of British Botanists, held in London on May 10, 

 1911, a provisional Bureau was nominated, consisting of three 

 Presidents (Prof. E. O. Bower, Sir David Prain, and Prof. A. C. 

 Seward) and a General Secretary (Dr. A. B. Rendle). The Bureau 

 was empowered to co-operate with the permanent Bureau of the 

 Brussels Congress and to arrange for the appointment, in con- 

 sultation with the British Botanists, of an Organizing Committee. 

 This Organizing Committee was elected at a General Meeting of 

 British Botanists held in London on March 11, 1912 ; and at a 

 Second Meeting, held on May 17, an Executive Committee was 

 appointed. A number of distinguished patrons of botany were also 

 invited to lend their support to the Congress. The following general 

 regulations for the conduct of the Congress have been approved 

 by the Executive Committee : — 1. The Fourth International 

 Botanical Congress shall be held in London from Saturday, 

 May 22, to Saturday, May 29. 2. Membership of the Congress 

 shall be conditional upon subscribing to its regulations and the 

 payment of a subscription of fifteen shillings. Members will 



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