The most important accession was a series of collections from 
various pans of China, amounting to nearly three thousand 
specimens, collected by Messrs. Morse. Ibudoux and Henry, and 
presented by the latter. A valuable contribution made by the 
Imperial Botanic Garden. St. Petersburg, was a set of RiedePs 
Brazilian Biinioui; ae. determined bv Schumann, and quoted bv 
him in Martins <■ Flora Brasilieiisis " Vol. VIII.. pars II. 
Medallion Portrait of Sir Joseph Hooker -A special gold medal 
was awarded by the Linnean Society in 1898, at the Annivorsarv 
Meetmg. to Sir Jose})h Dalton Hooker, G.C.S.I., C.B., F.R.S., 
"m recognition of the services rendered In him to science during 
" ♦',<! years of unremitting labour." The obverse of the medal is a 
bust of Sir Joseph to the left, from life, by Frank IJoweher, with 
'lie U-end .1. D. H. ML LXXX. The reverse shows a wreath of 
Sikkim Rhododendrons surround in- an inscription which records 
the presentation, designed by John Finches, h\ uhom the medal 
was struck. 
The artist's original model was three times the size of the medal. 
bronze castings of this were made : one of the-,- \ V ;,< added to the 
Few collection of portraits of botanists in iSp'.t as the <dft of the 
I resident and. Fotmcil of the Lmnean Society This cops' finds 
:Ui :M'i"'"pnao> place in the general collection ,,f portraits'. The 
l" vs, ' n!;in " 11 "i another copv of this m^dal lion portrait has now to 
In^Ped tint" ''T' ' S - th; ' "' il "'' llH ' : "' ,iS '- Ah '- n,,W( ' 11 "^ Uh0 
fI * H «'™mi. v '' 1 — - murii of Sir'. lose'pl', lbMd,mi-Tw/,rri! ;i s l, h'im 
Presentations to the Lihrary during 1901- 
« have been received from Dr. HamS . n 
"*'"»«■, !-•'•"-■ L <t,l'rhn ,h>, Einti 
"</ <hr Aushihln,,!, ■h . hmbUiith , , i>S'.l : 
;"•< M.hws tie In s„ /..,>-, ispo; Minks. 
il 1.1**1-. \V ln rl,l,rJir,rhirh1, 
-vs from the New De»M,rifh'» 
"': !l "'\ ';>:s,-//srfaiff, by Cramer. XaeL'eli. 
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j» t,iit are scarce and consequently not 
of the British Museum have I 
[tirrnrd. 
received vol. ii., \ 
Cryptogams, 
Of the liill.i- 
received vol. n., part 2, of the Cntni 
collected by Dr! F. Welwitch, which 
