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. Mr. Edgar Thurston, C.1.E., who presented his herbarium of 
Cornish plants to Kew in 1919, has added to it the specimens 
collected by: him and his co- -workers during 1921. Col. H. H. 
Johnston, C.B., has continued his investigation of the Flora of 
the Orkneys and presented his recent discoveries. Interesting 
collections made by Lt.-Col. F. R. Durham, O.B.E., M.C., Major 
G. W. Harris and others in the nearer East have been received 
and a. detailed os on them published in the Bulletin, 1922, 
pp. 291-298. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Turrill have presented the 
specimens and seeds mined by them during their recent tour 
through the Balkan Peninsula. Various British and Oriental 
plants, including some additional ones collected in Syria by 
Mr. B. T. Lowne, have been presented by Mr. C. E. Salmon, 
¥F.LS, . The valuable collection of Azores plants made by Mr. 
T. Carew Hunt between 1844 and 1848 has been described. in the 
Bulletin, 1922, p. 47; a collection made by Mr. J. A. Brewer 
in the same islands has been presented by Mr. C. E. Salmon. 
With regard to China, the presentation of Mr. G. Forrest’s collec- 
tions from N.-W. Yunnan and S.-E. Tibet has been recorded in 
the Bulletin, 1922, p. 174. The collection made around Tientsin 
by the Rev. E. Licent and that from Northern Yunnan, by the 
Rev. J. Cavalerie have been acquired by purchase. The Chinese 
herbarium of the late Mr. W. Hancock, F.L.S., has, according 
to his wish, been presented, to Kew by his sister, Miss Hancock, 
and at his desire the duplicates are being sent to the University 
of Bristol. (See Kew Bulletin, 1922, p. 204). Mrs. E. M. Reid 
having obtained, in connection with ate work on fossil fruits 
and seeds, some Chinese seeds has kindly presented a set of them. 
-The Indian herbarium of the later Mr. J. R. Drummond, 
B.A., F.L.S., from the Punjab and other parts of India presented 
by his Executors, containing about 30,000 specimens is being 
dealt with at Kew, and is a most valuable acquisition. The 
plants collected during the Mount Everest Expedition, 1922, 
have also been presented to Kew by the Mount Everest Committee, 
and are now being worked out. Various collections made in 
Siam by Dr. A. F. G. Kerr, Mr. W. F. Lloyd, Mr. W. B: Garrett 
and Luang Winit have been received as well as specimens from 
lower Siam and the Malay Peninsula from Mr. I. H. Burkill. 
M.A., F.L.S.. Philippine orchids have been presented by Prof. 
Oakes Ames and nearly 3,000 other plants from the same islands 
and Borneo by Mr. E. D. Merrill, Sumatran plants collected by 
Mrs. E. M. Burkill and Md Nur have been sent by Mr. I. H. Burkill. 
The only Australian collections received have been those 
presented by Mr. C. E. F. Allen which he collected on a journey 
from Darwin to Alice Springs, various Queensland plants which 
have been received from Mr. C. T. White, and specimens from 
Mr. A. Cayzer from Western Australia. 
- Mr. W. Greenwood has sent fresh instalments of the a. 
collected by him in Fiji. From Dr. C, Skottsberg specimens have 
