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In 1887 considerable collections were made on the North River 
and Lienchow River, and the herbarium, which was now assumin 
formidable proportions, was removed shortly afterwards (1892) into 
the larger premises which it now occupies. The 1887 expedition 
seems to have been the last until recent years made by the depart- 
ment, but collections from other sources continued to pour in. 
with them. is was accomplished by the appointment at the 
commencement of the following year of the two herbarium assistants 
and the reorganization of the work referred to above. 
During the last seven years the most important presentations to 
the herbarium have been a further set of Henry’s Yunnan plants 
from Kew, Ningpo plants from Barchet, Szechuanese plants from 
Crosfield, and small collections made by Light in Hunan, and 
Matthew in Korea, Weihaiwei and Kwangtung. Large collections 
have been purchased from Wilson (W. China) and Forrest (Salwen 
Valley). The writer has added small collections, made during 
intervals of leave in Shantung, Korea and Formosa, while Tutcher 
(oe ae 
* Sce Tutcher in Journ, Linn. Soc. xxxvii. (1905) 58-70, and Dunn in Journ, 
of Bot. 1907-1909. 
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