130 
" The collection is shown in Museum No. I. It is as far as 
" possible arran^e-l alplial or eally. heginningon the top floor. For 
" the sake of completeness a few other memorials preserved else- 
" where are included. In these cases the building is indicated in 
♦' brackets. Those hung in the Herbarium have a special and 
" intimate relation with the work of that department," 
While no effort has been spared to ensure the absence of error 
it is hardly possible to hope for absolute accuracy or completeness 
in a work that involves the citation of so many dates. In a few 
instances, those of Mrs. Alton, wife of W. Aiton, of A. W. Roth, 
and of James Thornton, " the King's Gardener at Kew," neither 
the date of birth nor the date of death is given ; in others, those 
of A. Gruckshanks, of T. Drummond, and of Professor R. Scott, 
the date of birth is unknown ; in a few more cases, those of 
J. Arnold, L. Fuchs and J. Haverfield, Junr., the date of birth 
requires confirmation. In the case of Roth the dates appear to be 
Owing to an undetected typographical error the date of Mr. J. G. 
?,S? r ' B nrs \ a PP° mt ment to the Herbarium at Kew is given as 
1 7oo S^r? , of 18 , b6, In the case of Dr - Joh n Sims the dates 
1792-1838, taken from PritzePs Thesaurus, ed. 2 p 298 are 
incorrect ; the true dates are 1749-1831. It has also to be noted 
that Chabraeus, p. 2 i, was son-in-law to J. Bauhin ; the text in- 
advertently reverses the connection between these two botanists. 
llie communication <>t dates to till the lacunae indicated, and the 
^nverum n| any error, rhat may be detected in addition to those 
^^t"? 'V 11 1,P Uvl '-">'- 1 - ' r ""^,t to have 1 ,, noted, 
on p », that the bust of the late Miss North is to he found in 
the Gallery, presented bv her to the nation which conning her 
magnificent collection of botanical paintings.' 
Additions to the Herbarium during I901.-Donationa of speci- 
mens were made by more than one hundrod oei^oii^ -ind iri<riin- 
; , 'r,- :m ' 1 a>ll, " iU, 7 ! "' " U,l! ' -'■""" - ! -"' Tl,; specimens 
purchased amounted to over t;.r,ni>. The prin.-i,.,! ,< 
i below. 
A 1 R ^ U xt PA w S °J l HE W ° RLD - p ™™ted:- Herbarium of 
Mathews, by Mrs. Mathew 
m 6 x dte ^z: 
Punhaud:— Dr. C. P. Arnold, Lichens. 
■■ ll',';';,';!;,,, n";'""^"'''"'-^ Ulan ' ls - b - v Mv - °- H.0 8 tenfeld; 
- , .■■-■,:..■■■..;.'.■..'.::■,.■..'., 
I imon' / ''RHri^ R HV h ° m >" Fm ^ Europaei," ser. II., Cent, xliii. ; 
leiacia. fasc. vi. : Dahlsredt. s. , 
