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elsewhere than at Kew. The task of going over the large col- 
lections there brought together. fe growth and result of years of 
work, was a considerable one, for, to accomplish properly the 
task, it was necessary to examine the collections species by spe- 
n ma. 
e suggestion of the Dicer, the herbaceous plants and 
shrubs and trees were first examined, as they had already started 
into growth and needed immediate attention. The herbaceous 
department was first inspected and three days spent there gave as 
tions, many of them being alpine, and these will be of great ser- 
vice to us in starting our alpinum, a feature of our institution 
which I] trust may soon be developed. In addition to the plants 
nearly 1,000 packets of seeds were also secured in this depart- 
ment, so that the total which will eventually be derived from this 
source will probably amount to over 1,500 species. 
visit was next paid to the arboretum, and I would remark 
s permission, I n weaned my attention 
to the greenhouses, and there found many eee which were 
willingly put aside for us. The succulent collection, a most rich 
one and to my mind the most interesting there, was the first 
visited. The South African forms are richly represented. The 
result of my work here will be several hundred species, about 
180 of which have already been received and installed in our col- 
lections of these plants in house No. 
The houses allotted to tropical and temperate ferns furnished 
about 225 species of plants, and in addition spores of about 
