190 KEPORT ON THE ROYAL GARDENS AT KEW. 
ceived by him, with notes and ohservationSj for this worTc. The third 
volume is in progress, published under the authority of the several 
Australian Governments. 2. The Plora of the Cape Colony, British 
Caffraria, and Natal, by Dr. Harvey, F.R.S., of Dublin, and Dr. Sen- 
der, of Hamburg. The third volume of this will shortly appear, 
published under the authority of the Cape Government. 3. Dr. Grise- 
bach's West Indian Flora is completed in one thick volume, and was 
published under the authority of the Secretary of State for the Colo- 
nies. 4. Dr. Thwaites's Enumeration of Ceylon plants is completed 
and published. 5. The first volume of a Handbook of the New Zea- 
land Flora, prepared by Dr. Hooker at the desire of the Government 
of that colony, is now published ; and the second volume is in course 
of preparation. 6. The 90th annual volume of the Botanical Maga- 
zine, being the 24'th prepared at Kew, has been published by the 
Director, ^vith 73 coloured plates of new and rare plants that have 
flowered in the Royal and other British gardens. 
Of other works in preparation the most important are : — 7. The 
Flora of British India, by Dr. Thomson, F.E.S., under the auspices of 
the Secretary of State for India. 8. The Outlines of the Flora of 
Tropical Africa, by Professor Oliver and Dr. Hooker. 9. Dr. Mueller, 
of Geneva, has spent three months at Kew, for the purpose of describing 
the EujjJtorbiacem for M. de Candolle's Prodromus. 10. M. 0. de 
CandoUe, of Geneva has described the natural order of Peppers for the 
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same work. 11. Mr. Lowme has named and arranged his large Pales- 
tine and Lebauou collections, made during the Ecv, Mr. Tristram's 
expedition. 12. Dr. Kirk has rendered us great service in arranging 
and naming his own and other East African collections, and the Mau- 
ritius ones of the late Dr. Ayres, Judge Blackburn, and others. 13. 
Dr. Spruce is residing at Kew for the purpose of arranging his Andean, 
etc., collections. 14. Dr. Triana of Bogota was for several months 
engaged on his Flora of New Granada, published for the Government 
of that Republic- 15, The Japanese and Korean collections of Mr. 
Oldham, amounting to about 13,000 specimens, have been named and 
distributed to various public museums. 16. The distribution of the 
great Herbarium of the East Indian Company has been proceeded with ; 
and that of the Kashmir, Punjab, and Himalayan collections of Dr. 
Falconer commenced. 
The principal contributions to the Herbarium and Library have 
