THE ROYAL BOTANICAL GARDEN, GLASNEVIN, DUBLIN. 55 
(633). Bewster, C. E. oe tae ( Fig Hildebrandt, J. M.; 
Madagascar (42, purchased}: Horn Mauritius (2). Parker, 
De. -G: adagascar (420, a eaktedy Veitch, Messrs. ; 
Curtis’s Maiagascar plants (20). 
Norts America.——Allen, T. (10). Bennett, A.; (5). 
ere ke H.; South United Sites (300, purchased). Davenport, 
mee Un ited States Filices (8). rere Dr. ; Alge@ (50). 
ecna > : Canad da (2). Gray, Prof. Asa; N. ira ic (28), 
and Schiiffine r’s Mexican collection (719). Greene, E. L.; New 
Mexico (201, ye wee Haydon, Walter; paaates Bay (128). 
Hemsley, W. B.; Mexico (10). Jones, M. E.; Utah (6). Lemmon, 
7: oe "Arizona (20), Markham, Capt.; Vancouver's Island. 
Mott, F. T?: n (7). Palmer, Dr. Edward; Mexico and 
Texas (1442, perce 151, presented). Ravenel; American 
fungi (200, purchased). - ‘Sargent, C.§.; N. American (8). Watson, 
Sereno ; Florida (2). 
est Inpres anp Guiana.—Eaton, Prof.; Bermuda ferns (10). 
Eggers, Baron; St. Thomas, Dominic &e. (200, purchased ; 
; Fuioe- De: -G, : 
A.; Trinidad (807, purchased), Jenman, G. 8.; Jamaica (5). 
Morris, D.; Jamaica (105). Nicholls, Dr. H. A.; Dominica (2). 
oc i 3 Prestoe, H.; Trinidad (9 )). 
outa America.—Foreign Office ; Paraguay, caret bo sp. 
ieee An; a poe mosses (10). Glazion, A.; Brazil (620). 
New Granada (93). Lorentz, Dr. P. G.; Uruguay 
3. phased ag Messrs. ; pee Fe &e. (17). ’ Schrader, 
hased). 
AUSTRALIA ie n,C. H.; sundry eryptogamia (20). rri- 
field, Mrs. a P.. : The (5). Maat Sir F.; 8 ieee 
and 101 fun 
ae ae —Cheeseman, T. F, (44). Hector, Dr. (10). 
Pou —Depariment, Agriculture, U.S.A., Wilkes’ Grasses 
(95). Storck, J. P.; Fiji (9). 
THE ROYAL BOTANICAL GARDEN, GLASNEVIN, DUBLIN. 
Tue ‘ Twenty-ninth Report of the Science and Art Department 
of the pera of Council on Education,’ dated 8rd July, 1882, 
tely come into our hands. We find in it a report of the con- 
dition of the Botanic Garden, Glasnevin, Dublin, which in some 
a is gi unsatisfactory. The Garden itself, as every 
who has ted it knows, is maintained in a high state of 
eiency by the goad Curator, Mr. F. W. Moore; but the fol- 
lowing statement by Dr. W. R. Me Nab, the Professor of Botany at the 
Royal College of Science, will show that there are matters connected 
ith the Gardens which require immediate attention. Dr. MeNab 
:—‘ The want of a proper library, herbarium, museum, and 
ces, Was prominently browght "before the —_ at their visita- 
tion on the 11th of March, 1881. An uilding to replace the 
present oifices and temporary museum is pt oe for the accommo- 
