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Richard Spruce. -The Botanical manuscripts of the late 

 Richard Spruce have recently been presented to the Library- 

 through the kindness of Dr. Alfred Russel Wallace. In offer- 

 ing the volumes to Kew, Dr. Wallace wrote to the Director ™ 

 November 11th, 1908, from liroadstone, Wimborne, as follows. 

 "1 am empowered by Dr. Spruce's executor, Mr. M. B. Slater, to 

 offer to the Kew Botanical Library the following MSS. Journals 

 and notes of Spruce, together with the letters received by him 

 from various botanists as enumerated in the List enclosed. 



" To them I add the letters to Mr. W. Borrer which have come 

 into my hands as executor of the late Mr. W. T. Mitten. 



" ! 'lease inform me if these or any of them will be acceptable 

 and I will at once forward them." 



The following is the list of Spruce's Botanical Manuscripts 

 enclosed by Dr. Wallace. 



" Plan iac Amazonicae. 2 vols, bound. 



" Plantae A ndinae. 2 vols, bound. Containing numerical Regis- 

 ter (up to t».)M)) to his flowering plants and ferns. Often with 

 detaded descriptions. 



" MSS Vol. I. (bound). Containing a large number of notes and 

 botanical ° U Vari ° US scienti fic subjects, but very largely 



' lon^v'^^ 1 ; IL t^ 01111 ^^ Containin g the whole of his original 



,m es and oh*? 1 ** Tara P° to > Pe ™0 This is full of botanical 

 ocouni^ 1^ r at, rf^ °^ ly Very P artia °y S^ned bv me ; and 

 ^^a^^^;* 1 ™- The «— *■ is botanical 



f r/J^fnot l e T andUm ^ containi »g original 'Journal' 

 ski Led v rlL a? 8 ' Wlth mUch botanical matter (only 

 Hepadcae. } ' ° C ° pi ° US notes on his Mosses and 



receivlf'oV tn? I,° 1UD T enumera ted, there are the letters 

 WillTam Hooko i n °f J n Wl T hl South America) from Sir 

 Mi en Nlr M i ,; v t< ? enth:im > * ir Joseph Hooker, Mr. Wm. 

 Mitten, Mr. Miers, Mr. Destnuge and M. Emile Bescherelle. 



Hepa«^ h (ne^ ££ 'SSSSSi \° V large W ° rk ° n the 



subjects. writ ten m Lnghsh) and a few on other botanical 



Borrlr? o? H^teld QS^ 1^ ^ R ' S P rUCe to Mr - WilIiam 

 study if Br^and ^^^ d ^™^ «** 



edited by Alfred Russfl WaHace M ^^^uscripts, and 

 to the Library by the Editor. ' S been P re8ented 



New Zealand. 



Zee Zi rlZ teeZZrnZ \° t , l r R e P art »<»" <* Lands, New 



the amh„r, Dr. U Cockayne ' B °' 8nic GardeDa by 



