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A large collection of Indian plants, presented by A. P. 

 Young, Esq. 



482 plants and 16 fruits from the United States and Mexico 

 collected and presented by William Carruthers, Esq. 



257 Kirkcudbright plants, collected and presented by F. R. 

 Coles, Esq. i 



253 Australian plants collected and presented by the Rev. 

 James Lament ; in 1890, 109 were presented ; in 1891, 96 



112 plants from St. Helena collected and presented by F. E. 

 Grant, Esq. 



110 plants from Shetland and Orkney collected and presented 

 by Rev. W. E. Smith. 



193 British plants collected and presented by W. H. Beeby, 

 Esq., between 1884 and 1891. 



The British herbarium and cryptogamic collection formed by 

 Dr. J. F. Young were transferred from Kew Herbarium, together 

 with the Botanical Record Club's collections of British plants ; 

 in 1885 and 1887, further instalments were presented by the 

 club. 



952 South African plants collected by J. Medley Wood ; in 

 1885, 128 were acquired; in 1886, 138; in 1888, 89; in 1889, 

 66 ; in 1890, 111 ; in 1892, 117 ; in 1894, 116 ; in 1895, 113 ; in 

 1897, 158; in 1898, 95; in 1900, 138 ; in 1901, 118. 



121 specimens of A. Engler's "Aracese exsiccatse": acquired 

 by exchange; the following year, 100 specimens were acquired. 



The extensive collection of Roses formed by Alfred Deseglise, 

 containing his type species and the materials on which his 

 numerous monographs were based : purchased. 



An arranged collection of about 7000 algae and 372 slides of 

 diatoms, formed by G. Dickie : purchased. 



2,745 North American phanerogams and 164 cryptogams, 

 collected by Marcus E. Jones : purchased ; in 1887, 696 phane- 

 rogams and 28 cryptogams were purchased; in 1896, 1,146 

 phanerogams and 112 cryptogams; in 1898, 1,519 phanerogams 

 and 141 cryptogams. 



976 plants from Asia Minor, collected by P. Sintenis : pur- 

 chased; in 1892, 362 Turkish plants were purchased; in 1893, 

 "Iter orientale"; in 1895, 300 plants from Asia Minor; in 

 1896, 239 from Armenia; in 1899, 1,585 from Porto Rico; in 

 1900, 1,011 ; in 1902, "Iter transcaspico-persicum," cent. 1-4. 



4,900 specimens, forming centuries 1-49 of Sydow's "Myco- 



