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when on a botanical visit to York, leaving a widow, who is desirous 

 of parting with his extensive collections. I have received nointiina- 

 tion of this lady's intentions as to the mode in which she wishes to 

 dispose of these collections, but a desire to serve her induces me to 

 give the following brief summary of them, supplied me by Mr. Smith, 

 of the Royal Botanic Garden, at Kew, to whom I recommend such of 

 my readers to apply as may have any inclination to become pur- 

 chasers. 



The collections consist of about two thousand specimens, nearly 

 all named and arranged, and have been obtained from the following 

 sources, viz., Cuming, Cunningham, Ralf, Lippold, Siebold, Linden, 

 Sieber, Schomburgh, Stanger, Haenke, Otto, &c. They are con- 

 tained in neat cases, and arranged as follows : — 



1st. — Named and arranged according to Presl and Spren- 

 gel, neatly arranged on cartridge paper, not fastened 

 down, contained in 33 portfolios, 21 inches by 13 

 inches .... .... .... .... .... 1126 



2nd. — Unarranged specimens, named .... .... .... 377 



3rd. — Cuming's Philippine-Island ferns, arranged according 

 to J. Smith in Hooker's ' Journal of Botany,' mounted 

 on paper 20^ inches by 13 do., and named, in nine 

 portfolios .... .... .... .... .... 301 



4th. — Cuming's duplicates and St. Helena ferns, named .... 140 



5th. — Unnamed specimens .... .... .... .... 250 



Total of dried specimens .... .... 2194 



6th. — A collection of grasses, mosses and corallines 

 7th. — A collection of living ferns, amounting to 550 plants 

 belonging to about 250 species 



Edward Newman. 



Remarks on Cuscuia approximata (Bab.). 

 By Thomas Bentall, Esq. 



In the list of recent additions to the British Flora given in the 

 preface to the ' Phytologist ' for 1846, mention is made of Cuscuta 

 approximata [Bab.). It is, I believe, generally known how this plant 

 first found its way into this country, but perhaps the few following 

 particulars may be interesting to some of the readers of the ' Phyto- 



