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species more. The portion of these collections which most 
pleas e and appeared particularly instructive is the filmy- 
fern collection. The fairy ferns are a delight to the eye 
and we ay the extra care attention required in their cul- 
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ture. The need a specially constructed house, but one which 
is not expensive, ond ee trust that SIeRe may be taken to provide 
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houses are too extensive for detailed reference here. everal 
hundred species may be obtained and among them 45 kinds of 
palms. 
The aroid house, and the houses devoted to economic plants 
to maintain it, contain a number more species. which we may 
eventnally cure. 
ee seen from above that this visit to Kew has materially 
dea to our collections in all departments, and that the r- 
tunity so generously afforded has been fully appreciated and taken 
advantage of to the best of my ability. i n the 
future, and possibly in the near future, an opportunity may pre- 
sent itself which will enable us to substantially show our appre- 
ciation of this interest in our work by a sister garden. I must 
state here that it is hardly possible to indicate what will be the 
these. Before my departure for home on the 23d of March, six 
large cases were shipped by the American Express Co., on the 
