214 RÉPORT ON THE ROYAL GARDENS AT KEW. 
portant dependencies have been transferred to the Royal Gardens... In — 
many instances the collections were made and sent with a special view 
to this destination. It is impossible to exaggerate their general value. 
Those especially of Tasmania, of Victoria, and North, South, and. West 
ustralia, Queensland, Canada, Guiana, Natal, and Dominica, were 
formed at great labour and cost, under the immediate direction of men 
of scientific attainments and excellent practical knowledge, who have 
attached the proper names to every specimen, and added a vast amount 
of serviceable information on the uses, qualities, and abundance of the 
woods in their annexed reports. The specimens are of large size, se- 
lected from sound trees and cut with great judgment, partially polished, 
and often of uncommon beauty. Our acknowledgments have been 
tendered to the following commissioners and contributors :— 
British Columbia . , . . . . Dr. Lindley, F.R.S. 
Vancouver Island . . . Hon. A.J. Langley. 
British Guiana and Trinidad . » Sir W. H. Holmes. 
T c nadie . « Rawson Rawson, Esq. 
Natal a oe: Ot UA gt Sargeant, Esq 
Mauritius | + e + + + . James Morris, Esq 
wae... ey eS ee e TE, Brewin Hay. 
Bahamas . . 8. Harris, Esq 
New Brunswick .. T. Daniel, Esq. 
Queenslan ; M. H. Marsh, Esq., M.P 
Ceylon, " E. Rawdon Power, Esq. 
Vietoria sree: Sir Redmond Barry 
o ; . P.L. Simmonds, Esq 
Downes UU ono "ves $ 
Ionian Islands , . . . , . , H. Drummond Wolff, Esq. 
Canada... 4. . . . . B. Chamberlin, Esq. 
Song ee usos Ducroz, Esq. 
New South Wale . . . . . . 8SirD. Cooper, Bart. 
TN ne Peterson, Esq. 
ii 6.8 V. O Chev. de Schwartz. 
As our existing Museums cannot accommodate the above fine col- 
lections of woods, the Board have under consideration how they can he 
most advantageously placed. With what we already possess, they form 
a very complete series of the known timbers of those countries. Other 
donations are, Fruits from Venezuela; V egetable Oils and Varnishes 
from Messrs. G. and T. Wallis : ; Perfumes from Mr. Piesse; Preserv 
Fruits from Messrs. Fortnum and Mason; Box-wood prepared for en- 
graving from Mr. R. J. Scott; and illustrations of the process. of ma- 
