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strain it inflicted upon his nerves, Oxford would have been 

 his place of residence (Druce, " Flora of Berkshire," p. clxxvi.). 

 At this time William Baxter, Sen., arranged, catalogued, and 

 kept the collections free from dust and insects with " assiduous 

 care and unremitting attention," and was ready at all times 

 to exhibit specimens to any one who might wish to consult 

 them for the purpose of study. His successor was Maxwell 

 Tylden Masters, Sub-Curator of the Herbarium, and after- 

 wards editor of the Gardeners' Chronicle. 



By 1885 all the dried collections had been moved into six 

 rooms in the house built by Dr. Daubeny as the Official Resi- 

 dence for the Professor of Botany. But no account of them 

 should omit to mention the names of Mr. H. E. Garnsey,* 

 Fellow of Magdalen, and of Mr. Boswell, the authority on 

 Mosses, who, as a labour of love, arranged and mounted large 

 sections of the collection. Indeed, much would now be in 

 poor state had it not been for their devoted services. Mr. 

 Boswell's valuable herbarium was purchased, and is now in- 

 corporated in the general collection. 



The appointment of Special Curator of the Fielding 

 Herbarium under the direct control of the Sherardian Professor 

 was approved by Convocation in November, 1895 > an d the 

 University has been fortunate to secure the services of 

 so genial, devoted, and skilled a botanist as Mr. G. C. Druce, 

 who for many years had placed his time and knowledge at 

 the disposal of the officers of the Garden. Under his care 

 the collections are gradually increasing, both by gift and 

 by purchase, and since space is limited, it has been sug- 

 gested that for the immediate future, new additions to the 

 Herbarium should be principally made to illustrate the Flora 

 of Europe and especially that of the Mediterranean Lands 

 as fully as possible. 



* Mr. Garnsey's work in the Herbarium is described in an obituary 

 notice by Druce in the " Report of the Ashmolean Nat. Hist. Soc." 

 for 1903. 



