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Tropical Africa has furnislied a large number of collections, 

 including that from Sierra Leone by Mr. N. AV. Thomas, Govern- 

 ment Anthropologist, who has succeeded in sending very well- 

 preserved specimens by the wet box method. Additional speci- 

 mens have been received from the Percy Sladen Exj-editions in the 

 southern part of Africa. Geheimrat Prof. A. Engler has jjre- 

 sented specimens and photographs of his African species of 

 'Commi'phoTa. 



The valuable collection of North American grasses received 

 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture contained many 



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and also filled other gaps in the herbarium. The North American 



mosses 



■been acquired from his son, Major Kindberg, and include many 

 types. The New York Botanical Garden has continued to present, 

 through Dr. N. L. Britton, specimens from various West Indian 

 islands. Dr. Marshall Howe has presented a collection of West 

 Indian Algae, including many calcareous species described by 

 himself and the late Mr. M. Eoslifi. 



Presentations to the Library during 1914.— The Bentham 



irustees have presented a copy of The Genus Iris, bv W. R. 

 '^kes; a scarce edition of Dioscorides, with additions by Petrtis 

 Peduensis published at Lyons in 1512; Pliny's Historiac 

 nahcrahs hbnxxxyn., Venice, 1507; and the following more or 

 -less rare works :-Nignsoli , Febrls China Chinae expugnata, 



Ddla rlfn 7 V'T' ' ^'' ^"^«' ^^^«^«' 1643 Rui. Lopez, 



li%2rn ' "^^' "^''^ '"' 'P'''^' «*«•' Rome, 1792; Stella, 

 histoHrcnhur\ ' r> ' r^^« 3'^^^^ 'i *^««« ^e^^' origine, 

 r^entaXs J% ^^•' f''''%^^^^-^ and Vivenzi, De Cicutacom- 

 -seikUr n;rifdi.'l 'Pr''.-^^^- ^'' ^^^^^^^^ ^^ these about 30 

 W. PZ^a;^ if V'^ \'''*''^' ''""''''^^ i^ exchange for IIooher\s 



A not inlh^'^r '"^^ ir V'^'^^^^^ V the Bentham Trustees, 

 librarv now .nil ^"^^^^^'i' 1914, p. 228, announced that the 



M ss -^iTer ^WiH '■'.;' '\F^ "^ ^^' ^^"^^-^ ^-^•-' ^vh^-^^ the author, 

 ^ork which ^0."-°*^' ^'' f ^^rously presented. Tn this fine 



of the beautv nf ;r' "^^ ^'''^\^ monograph of the rose Worthy 



T^ndy Hooker hi. nZlT ^ f t^^^' >^^anist and gardener. 

 «f the A^demV of So ! '^^"^ '-"^^ ^o Kew the Comptes Rendus 



the Calif;i^-?AoLemr:f 'S^^""^' ""''? ^^'^^ ^^^'^ ^^^t^^^^' ^* 

 of Science. ''^'^^"^J^ ^f Sciences, has sent the weekly issues 



volumes 'oTil^pL^pi^^i'''.^^^^^^^ has contributed two further 



dealing witlfthe pertd 1642 IfiSo" ^"^^f^^ F'''^^''^ ^^ ^'^^^'' 

 ■ForeM Insects ofecoLii~i''^^'' ^^'^ following :-7ndfmn 



stebbing;7,;;,:jy^;;;;'^-;^^^^^^^^ E. P. 



'^^BerarForestCrchC^^^^ ' ' • Und in 



rcle, h^ D. 0. Witt; and the Botanical B^dUtin 



