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tions illustrating the structure and fractibeton of British Fungi; 
prepared by M. C. Cooke. 
III.—To the Fossil siren 
122 sections of Sah a cpp sei ; prepared by J. T. Norman: 
4 fossil fruits from the Mioc Corfe, Dorset: 2 specimens of 
fossil wood fr the Crag "of ssex : specimen of 
ossil Cycad Mantellia pygme@a: po trunk, about 
40 ft. long an . in diameter of Araucarioxylon, from Craig- 
it e gh; presented nter, Esq., 
pocey ‘inl oe ed by Professor Balfour : 2 specimens of Coniferous 
chalk ; presented by arr, Esq. : specimens of wood 
in in flint at chalk, and two specimens of fossil Chan: 12 specimens 
of fossil plants ; presented by Sir Philip Egerton, Bart. : trunk of a 
Coniferous tree converted into jet, from Spain. 
e number of visits paid during the year to the Herbarium for 
the purpose of scientific research, was ee The following foreign 
botanists may be specified as having used the Herbarium in prose 
cuting their various studies :—Berggren, of Stockiolm, for his work on 
the plants of Greenland ; Reichenbach, of Hamburg, for his work on 
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Neate ts for his ‘* Flora Australiensis’”’; Mr. 
monograph of the Sapindacea, for the nd Ola Flora 
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. Lawson, for his memoir on “Colstrinea for the 
Flora”; Dr. Braithwaite, for his work on the Mosses of Britain 
the Rev. J. M. Crombie, for his publications on British me 
Mr. M. C. Cooke, for his work on Fungi; Mr. B. D. Jackson, for 
investigations into the History of English Botany. 
REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1873 OF THE HERBARIUM AN? 
LIBRARY OF THE ROYAL GARDENS AT KEW. 
y J. D. Hooxer, C.B., M.D., F.B.S. 
ARDS of 21,000 herbarium spectinens have been recel any 
(chiefly presented) ‘froin all parts of the world, pan G 
valuable collechons, amongst which the following are 
bb ne meses / : The Rev. H. E. Fox; Sinai omit at 
arium, of about 1,000 specie ed b his cowl M foe 
Amherst Hayne, M. x: Dr. eee d inc Frisch ; South 
and Atlas mountain pla: nts, 463 species. Mr. Thos. Cooper; 
African plants, 3000 species (purchased). M. Maximowicz, f 
part of the Imperial Academy of St. Petersburg; upward of the 
Japanese and Saghalien plats: Dr. Regel, on the part 
