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from Fpi-mosa, collected by Henry ; 429 Mexican plants, col- 

 lected by Pringle ; 297 plants from the Sandwich Islands, col- 

 lected by Heller; 118 plants from Bulgaria, collected by 

 Stribrny ; 251 Bolivian plants from Rusby ; 50 British plants 

 (Willows and Rubi) from the Rev. E. F. Linton ; a specimen 

 of Flemingites from Sherborn ; 50 specimens of Fungi from 

 Cavara ; 350 Fungi from Sydow ; 100 Fungi, principally Aus- 

 tralian, from Cooke ; 100 Russian Fungi from Jaczewski, 

 Komarov, and Tranzschel ; 100 Brazilian Mosses from Ule ; 

 88 Mosses of Newfoundland and Labrador from the Rev. A. G. 

 Waghorne ; 150 North American Algae from Collins, Holden, 

 and Setchell ; (31 slides of Alga3 from BufFham ; 200 Fungi 

 from Pazschke ; 100 Scandinavian Fungi from Eriksson ; 50 

 Fungi from Seymour and Earle ; 17 Uredineaj from Holway ; 

 50 North American Mosses from Renault and Cardot, and 100 

 Fungi from Krieger. 



A model of Hydnum Erinaceus Bull., was purchased from 

 Miss Emett. 



There have been added to the collection of prints and 

 drawings of plants six prints of species of Masdevallia, pre- 

 sented by Miss Woolward, twenty-four original drawings by 

 Sydenham Edwards for " The New Botanic Garden," three 

 drawings by Mrs. Withers, and one by Fitch. 



Lady Blake has presented a photograph of the house in 

 Jamaica occupied by Sir Hans Sloane. 



A manuscript journal of Sir Joseph Banks' voyage to New- 

 foundland and Labrador in 1766 has been acquired by pur- 

 chase. The journal is in the handwriting of Sarah Sophia 

 Banks, the sister of Sir Joseph. 



The following works have been presented to the Library of 

 the Department : — 



J. C. Mansel-Pleydell, Flora of Dorsetshire ; J. M. Macoun, 

 Contributions Herb. Geol. Surv. of Canada ; G. King, Flora 

 of the Malayan Peninsula, No. 7 ; D. McAlpine, Australian 

 Fungi ; M. Colmeiro, Noticia sucinta de los Animales y 

 Plantas que menciono Cervantes en el Quijote, and Arboles 

 y Arbustos . . . existentes al aire libre en el Jardin Botanico 

 de Madrid; F. Kranzlin, Monograph of Habenaria, Orchidacese 

 (Flora von Kamerun) and Orchideenflora der Asiatischen 

 Inseln ; J. Donnell Smith, Enumeratio plantarum Guatema- 

 lensium, Part iv. ; B. D. Jackson, Dates of Rees's Cyclo- 

 paedia; presented by the authors. The Vine at Berdiansk, 

 and Orange growing at Jaffa ; presented by the Foreign Office. 

 Illustrations of Indian Plants ; presented by the India Office. 

 Contributions from U. S. Herbarium, Journal of Mycology ; 

 H. J. Webber, The Orange ; B. T. Galloway, Water as a factor 

 in the growth of Plants ; W. T. Swingle, Grain Smuts ; N. B. 

 Pierce, Grape Diseases ; presented by U. S. Department of 

 Agriculture. Nederlandsch Kruidkundig Archief ; Journal 



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