350 BOTANICAL NOTES, NOTICES, AND QUERIES. [NoVembeV, 



Herbaria. 

 Sale of the Herbaria of tlie late Mr. J. D. Salmon, F.L.S. 



1. The Flora of Surrey, in six portfolios, all named and arranged in painted deal 

 case, with MS. district catalogues and map, £4. 15*. 



2. The Flora of Godalming, named, and arranged in six portfolios, £1. Is. 



3. Four parcels of plants, Surrey, Essex, and Kent, 12*. 



4. Two parcels of British Lichens, Mosses, etc., Is. 



5. Parcel of Swiss plants and ditto of Musci, from the Alps, Zs. 



7. Duplicate plants, ex Herb. W. H. Campbell, Edinburgh, and W. Gourlie, 

 Jun., Glasgow ; in tliirty-five brown-paper parcels, £1. 15*. 



8. Surrey plants, ex Herh. Walter Reeves, Farnham, three parcels, 3s. 



9. Musci, named, two parcels, £1. Is. 



10. Ditto, not named, two parcels, 6s. 



11. Ditto, named, three parcels, ex Herh. Wm. Gourlie, Jun., Glasgow, 14s. 



12. Lichens, named, three parcels, ditto, £1. 4s. 



13. Cryptogamia, named, Hepaticse and foreign Musci, three parcels, ditto, 14s. 



14. Algse, ex Herh. W. H. Campbell, Edinburgh, two parcels, 13s. 



15. Miscellaneous plants, etc., six parcels, 4s. 



17. Box containing Ferns, Grasses, etc., 4s. 



18. British duplicates, flowering and cryptogamic, partly named, ten thick par- 

 cels, 15s. 



19. British herbarium, about 1000 species, named and localized, 300 mounted 

 on demy cartridge paper, many collected by Balfour, Syme, and other well-known 

 botanists, £1. lis. 



20. European and other exotic plants, mostly named, five parcels, 9s. 



21. One hundred rare British plants, 10s. 



22. Good collection of British Ferns, 4s. 



23. Parcel of dried plants, 6s. 



24. A collection of British Grasses, about 110 species, named and mounted, 12s. 



25. A collection of British and European Carices, 100 species, named, locahzed, 

 and mounted, 16s. 



26. A collection of British Mosses (about 200), in three cases, named and neatly 

 mounted, £1. 8s. 



27. Two large bundles of British and European plants, from various localities, 8s. 



The interesting lots, No. 1, No. 2, and No. 19, deserve a remark. 



The first lot consisted of specimens that had been selected from a gene- 

 ral herbarium of British specimens ; and they were the finest obtainable, 

 in the best possible condition, and very neatly mounted as described. 

 Surely somewhat less than five pounds was a very low price for this col- 

 lection. The paper on which they were mounted cost nearly double the 

 sum at which they were sold. 



The next lot, viz. the specimens illustrating the Flora of Godalming, 

 were also in an excellent condition, but mounted on a paper of smaller 

 dimensions. It is to be wished that this excellent collection may be trans- 

 ferred to the custody of the Guildford Institute, or to that of Godalming, 

 if this wealthy town has such an institution. 



The nineteenth lot, as above said, was the original collection from which 

 the Flora of Sun-ey was selected. This set contained excellent plants, and 

 was sold very cheap — at less than three shillings a hundred. 



It is not desirable that diied plants should command a ready and re- 

 munerative sale ; for if they did, most of our rare plants would speedily be 

 extirpated. Upon the whole, it is better for scientific purposes that they 

 should bear a high value in the eye of the possessor, but should fetch only 

 a nominal price when submitted to public competition. 



