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from the library of the late J. A. Talk were presented by the 

 Oommittee of Middlesex Hospital. 



88 volumes have been bound and several others repaired. 



TV. — Publications. 



There have been no official publications issued by the Trustees 

 but work has been continued on the Flora of Jamaica by Mr. W. 

 Fawcett and Dr. Rendle and on the second edition of Vol. i. of the 

 Monograph of British Lichens by Miss A. Lorrain Smith. 



The publications by Members of the Staff issued by the 

 permission of the Trustees number 13, and 23 have been issued by 

 other Students of the Collections. 



V. — Acquisitions. 



(1) By Donation. 



The following are the more important additions to the British 

 Herbarium : — Flowering Plants ; 85 specimens from C. E. Britton, 

 Esq. ; 124 specimens from Rev. E. S. Marshall ; 54 specimens from 

 0. E. Salmon, Esq. ; and 49 specimens from the Watson Botanical 

 Exchange Club. A large collection of Seaweeds, Mosses and Lichens 

 by the late E. George, from the London County Council. 



The following are the more important additions to the General 

 Herbarium : — B. Digby, Esq., 92 Siberian plants ; Mrs. M. E. 

 Prescott-Decie, 413 specimens from Northern India ; H. N. Ridley, 

 Esq., C.M.G., 943 Selangor plants ; Dr. E. Hartert, 50 Sahara 

 plants ; A. E. Kitson, Esq., 19 West African plants ; P. Amaury 

 Talbot, Esq., 82 specimens from Degema, Southern Nigeria ; T. F. 

 Cheeseman, Esq., 33 New Zealand plants ; Dr. R. S. Rogers, 82 

 Australian Orchids ; Dr. F. Stoward, 89 West Australian plants ; 

 A. H. Lyell, Esq., 139 North American plants. 



The late J. A. Tulk's collection of Diatoms, comprising 2,665 

 slides from the C'ommittee of Middlesex Hospital. 



(2) By Purchase. 



The following are the more important additions ; — The Botanical 

 Exchange Club, 419 British Flowering plants ; U. Faurie, 1,800 

 Formosa plants ; R. A. Diimmer, 800 plants from Uganda and 

 British East Africa ; and Miss A. Pegler, 50 Fungi from Kentani, 

 South Africa. Continuations of published sets of European plants 

 from H. Dahlstedt, 55 specimens ; H. Sudre, 100 specimens ; and 

 of North American Algse by Collins, Holden and Setchell, 100 

 specimens. 



(3) By Exchange of Duplicates. 



The Regius Keeper, Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh, 2,401 

 plants from China, Tibet and India ; Director, South African 



