56 MUSEUMS. 



Four Skulls of domestic mammals (A. 28. 12. 04. 1-4); presented 

 by Miss Tuckwell, 5, Grange Mount, Heswall, Cheshire. 



Botanical Department. 



The acquisitions in this department are as follows : 



Collection of botanical specimens — part of the Herbarium of the 

 late Robert Brown (E. 20. 1. 1904. 1, &c); presented by his son, 

 Mr. R. D. Brown, 33, Peel Street, Liverpool. 



Large specimen of Ltmaria biennis (E. 22. 1. 1904. 1); grown and 

 presented by Mrs. Middleton, Kawclift'e Station, Yorkshire, R.S.O. 



Small clump of Saxifraga tridactylites, with insects, &c, adhering 



to leaves, from Kirkby Lonsdale (E. 14. 5. 1904. 1) ; collected and 

 presented by Rev. T. S. Lea, Kirkby Lonsdale. 



Puffball (Lycoperdoti giganteum ?) (E. 7. 5. 1904. 1); brought 

 from the taxidermist's department, and now registered under this 

 date. 



Piece of Ambatch from the Blue Nile forming the " Sudd," piece 

 of "Cheese wood" from Colombia, South America (E. 13. 5. 1904. 

 1 and 2), and a piece of wood from Lagos, West Coast of Africa 

 (E. 25. (J. 1904. 1); presented by -lames A. Weale, Esq., Boundary 

 Place, Liverpool. 



About five hundred and eighty specimens of plants, &c., repre- 

 senting 192 species, from various localities (E. 4. 6. 1904. 1-12, 



9. (i. 1904. 1-11, 16. 6. 1904. 1-19, 23. 6. 1904. 1-18, 28. 6. 1904. 1-13, 

 27. 7. 1904. 1-9, 12. 8. 1904. 1-19, 20. 8. 1904. 1-20, 25. 8. 19U4. 1-25, 



10. 9. 190-1. 1-16, 15. 9. 1904. 1-11, 28. 9. 1904. 1-8); collected for 

 the British Herbarium by the Assistant in the Lord Derby Museum. 



Small collection of dried plants and ferns (E. 15. 7. 1904. 2, &c.) : 

 presented by Mrs. Cookson, 280, Marsh Lane, Bootle. 



Photograph of a Mango Tree (E. 15. 7. 1904. 1); purchased. 



Mesembryanthemum (indet.), in flower, from Cornwall (E. 18. 7. 

 1904. 1) ; presented by Alderman Stolterfoht. 



