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BULLETIN OF MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION. 899 
a like class, with a result now known to all mycologists. This was 
the beginning of the life-long ee a of ee and a 
Berkeley’s fungi rest at Kew , Bro e’s at the British Mus 
Returning to Mr. Ha ule 8 Aatesdvation, we there “find his 
experience of methods of quest, of seasons, localities, conditions, 
destroyers, &c. In California there are dense forests of Sequoias, 
tracts of Hucalyptus, Pinus contorta, &c., all quite different from 
the European species appear e. sion, we look upon 
his work ypogeous Fungi of California as a cle d 
distinct addition to hae knowledge; b means a compilation, 
ut an essay descriptive and illustrative of a large number of 
vegetable forms brought to light by experience, the use of the hoe, 
and botanical knowledge WwW. G. Ss. 
Roy aah Gar ~~ ia Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information. No. 144, 
** Dec 1898”’; Progrs Office date, ‘‘ 12/98,” issued 
hapa 1899 pp. 80: Nos. 145, 146, ‘‘ January and February, 
1899”; Stationery Office ine “7/99 ”; issued July; pp. 24: 
Nos. 147, 1 48, ‘ March and pai 1809 Stationery Office 
date, “67/99” : issued Augus : Nos. 149, 150, ‘‘ May 
“and June, 1899”’; Siatitcars Bice date, - oe 7/89 ”: issued 
August; pp. 32. 
AFTER a suspension of nee months, our erratic little Kew 
contemporary has once more sprung into active life, and Kew 
Gardens i — discharging what is stated to be ‘‘one of its 
most useful functions.”” The first number on the above list 
enables us to eumpiis ee enumeration of the dates of the volume 
of the Bulletin which, in defiance of remain bears upon its 
title-page the date “ 1898 " ”: they are as follows 
Date on wrapper Stationery Office date 
and front page of printing. 
January 
Petra a 1898 March 
March May 
April 
May June 
June June 
July July 
ust August 
September August 
October September 
Novembe October 
December December. 
As the “December”? number seems to have been printed in that 
month, it would seem that the delay of eight months—for it 
