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Cultivated Plants. 



Dr. E. S. Blaker, 6 Phanerogams ; R. Grove, Esq., specimens 

 of abnormal pears ; W. E. Ledger, Esq., 15 Phanerogams ; 

 Messrs. H. B. May & Sons, 96 exhibition specimens of Nephro- 

 lepis and other Fern fronds ; Hon. N. C. Rothschild, 16 species 

 of Orchids ; and single specimens from Dr. E. C. Boiisfield and 

 W. T. Swingle, Esq." 



General. 



Miss G. Lister, 49 Herbarium specimens and 37 Mici'oscope- 

 preparations of exotic Mycetozoa ; Mrs. R. H. Middleton, 92 hand- 

 sections of Woods from Ceylon and elsewhere. 



(2) By Purchase. 

 British Isles. 



The Botanical Exchange Club, 309 Phanerogams (through 

 G. C. Druce); Rev^ W. Johnson, 40 specimens, being The North 

 of England Lichen-Herbarium, Ease. XII ; Rev. E. F. Linton, 

 12 specimens of Willows ; W. H. Pearson, 941 Hepaticse ; Lloyd 

 Praeger, 684 Irish plants (through R. Welch). 



Europe. 



ThrougJt Dulau & Co. — 0. Jaap, 2.5 Fungi selecti exsiccali, 

 ser. XXVII, and 20 Myxomycetes exsiccati, ser. VIII ; J. E. 

 Kabat and F. Bubak, 50 Fungi Imperfecti exsiccati, fasc. XVI ; 

 K. W. Krieger, 50 Fungi Saxonici exsiccati, fasc. XLVI ; J. 

 Mikutowicz, 611 Mosses, Bryotheca Baltica, lief. XI-XIV, and 

 Nachtrag, lief. I-X ; V. SchifFner, 200 Hepaticse Europseae 

 exsiccatse, series X-XIII ; G. Seefeldner, 30 Alg?e Adriaticse, 

 fasc. Ill ; T. Vestergren, 100 Micromycetes rariores selecti, 

 fasc. LXIX--LXXII. 



Through T. 0. Weigel. —A. Fiori and A. Beguinot, Flora 

 Italica exsiccata, cent. XIX, XX, and 10 micro-sections of 

 Woods ; A. von Hayek, 50 Centaurese exsiccatae criticse, 

 fasc. 11. 



From the Publishers. — E. Collinder, 30 Rosse Suecise 

 exsiccatse, fasc. I ; H. Dahlstedt, 54 Taraxaca Scandinavica. 

 fasc. Ill ; F. Petrak, 140 specimens, Cirsiotheca Universa 

 (mosth^ European), fasc. I-XIV, also 1,250 Cryptogams, 

 Flora Bohemise et Moravise exsiccata, series II, being Abt. I, 

 Pilze, lief. I-XXI (1,050 Fungi), and Abt. Ill, Moose, 

 lief. I-IV (200 Mosses); H. Sudre, Batotheca Europ?ea, 

 fasc XII, 50 specimens, and Herbarium Hieraciorum, fasc. 

 IV, 50 specimens. 



Asia. 



Arnold Arboretum, U.S.A., 1,248 Phanerogams and 11 Ferns 

 collected in China by E. H. V/ilson ; Rev. J. Gurney Barclay, 

 174 Japanese Ferns ; A. D. E. Elmer, 660 Phanerogams and 

 189 Cryptogams from the Philippine Islands ; W. Siehe, Flora 

 Orientalis, 148 selected speciniens from Asia Minor, 



