Botany. . 



The chief event of note in this section was an exhibition 

 from April 21st to May 6th of flowers, fruit, and insects to 

 celebrate the Shakespeare Tercentenary. The suggestion 

 was made by Miss I. M. Roper, F.L.S., who also collected and 

 placed on exhibition 140 examples of plants, 50 of which 

 were living. Each specimen was named and labelled by her, 

 the label bearing an appropriate quotation from Shakespeare's 

 plays and sonnets, and a necessary reference to the literature. 



The exhibition of local wild flowers has been continued by 

 Miss Roper throughout the year. During the whole period 

 never less than 20 specimens have been available for study, 

 and in all some 400 species have been shown. 



The keen interest manifested in the constant supply of 

 wild flowers steadily increases, whilst the numerous visits 

 paid by students are a striking testimony to the value of 

 the work. 



Additions to the collections have been numerous. A 

 valuable bequest by the late Madame Guerritore Jervis came 

 to hand in February. This consisted of the " Jervis Her- 

 barium " of the Italian flora, and a number of volumes of 

 botanical and horticultural books. The collection is one 

 well known in Italy, and fully representative of the Italian 

 flora. Mr. G. Blew presented a collection of New Zealand 

 ferns, and Mr. J. F. Knowlson a fine example of the male 

 cone of Araucaria. In August, Mr. Alfred Jones, of Bath, 

 presented the " Prof. Marshall Collection " of British Lichens, 

 Mosses and Liverworts. The collection is contained in about 

 forty octavo pamphlet boxes. 



Economic Biology. 



The bulk of the exhibits under this head were removed 

 from the cases during the special Shakespearian Exhibition. 



They were afterwards re-mounted, and the injurious 



