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de Caldas; a volume containing an account of the late Mr. 
Edouard André’s travels in Tropical South America, under the 
The weekly issues of the Comptes Rendus of the Academy of 
Sciences, Paris, have been presented by Lady Hooker, and those 
of the American journal Science by Miss Alice Eastwood, 
Curator of the Herbarium of the Californian Academy of 
ciences. 
Another volume of Mr. William Foster’s work, The English 
Factories in India, dealing with the period 1651-1654, has been 
received from the Secretary of State for India. 
Sir Frank Crisp, Bart., has contributed a scarce little volume, 
unfortunately imperfect, of which the title, since added in manu- 
script, is: Erbario che in 32 tavole contiene la figura de 128 
piante con la dichiarazione delle virtua e proprieta di ciascuna. 
It is attributed to Pietro de Nobili, and its date is probably 
about 1636. 
The fifth volume of the Catalogue Of OGRE te Oe 
British Museum (Natural History) has been presented by the 
Trustees. This work j 
the printing of the five now published, is contemplated and its 
appearance, it is hoped, will not be lone dela ed 
Professor M. 
avid Prain nineteen volumes of the Gardeners’ Chronicle. 
Both these sets have been deposited in the new Pathological 
Laboratory. : 
The publications of the Botanical Museum of the University; 
of Zurich, distributed during the year, have been sent to the 
library by Professor Hans Schinz. “These include Die Flora des 
al Onsernone, by J. Baer; Vegetationsstudien im Bormiesischen, 
y E. Furrer; Beitrége zur Phlanzengeographie des Kantons 
Schauffhausen, by E. Kelhofer; and Flora des Traverstales und 
der Chasseronkette. y ©. Wirth. Professor Sching has also 
. min, containing the botany of the work-on New Caledonia, by 
F. Sarasin and J, Roux, and vol, 50 (centenary volume) of the — 
Neue Denkschriften dep Schweizerischen Naturforschenden 
Gesellschaft. : : 
The numerous and valuable publications of the Department of © | 
Agriculture in the Dutch East Indies, sent to Kew by the Direc- — 
