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tain Parry in 1827 ; of those obtained in the voyage of the 

 " Erebus " and " Terror," in the South Polar Seas, under Sir 

 James Clark Ross, at Madeira in October 1839, the Cape de 

 Verdes in November 1839, Trinidad in December 1839, St. 

 Helena in February 1840, Cape of Good Hope in March 1840, 

 Tasmania in August 1840, Auckland and Campbell Islands 

 in December 1840, New Zealand in August 1841, Falkland 

 Islands in April 1842, Hermite Island in November 1842, 

 and in Ascension Island in May 1843 ; and in the expedition 

 in search of Sir John Franklin, at Disco, in June 1852, and at 

 Caswell's Tower in July 1853. 



A great series of microscopic slides, amounting to 3,137, 

 formed by the late John Ralfs, m.r.c.s., Author of " The 

 British Desmidiese," were presented by his son, Mr. J. W. 

 Ralfs, of Liverpool. They consist of specimens of Des'ini- 

 diece, Diatomacece, and other Algce, and contain the types 

 of his own species, as far as they were in his possession. 



The Director of the Royal Gardens, Kew, presented to the 

 Trustees the Herbarium of G. M. Ferro, Apothecary in 

 Venice, who died in 1678. The plants are fastened on the 

 pages of three folio volumes, and are in an excellent state of 

 preservation. 



The Museum has acquired the scientific correspondence of 

 the late Rev. M. J. Berkeley, f.r.s., containing letters from the 

 most distinguished fungologists of his day, and including 

 those of Mr. C. E. Broome, in reply to his own letters already 

 in the Department of Botany. These two series of letters 

 are of much importance, as they refer to specimens in Mr. 

 Broome's great Herbarium, which was bequeathed to the 

 Trustees, and received four years ago. 



The additions to the collections by presentation during the 

 year have consisted of 26 Chinese plants from Mr. T. 

 Sampson ; 17 New Guinea Plants, and 675 Australian plants 

 from Baron F. von Mueller ; specimen of a Mjjrmecodia, 

 from Prof. Haddon, Dublin ; 384 plants from British Guiana, 

 from Mr. G. S. Jenman ; 375 Indian plants from Dr. G. King; 

 590 plants from Mr, H. N. Ridley, Singapore ; a collection of 

 plants from the Victorian Government; 118 plants from 

 Madagascar, from Mr. G. F. Scott Elliot; 109 New South 

 Wales plants from Rev. J. Lamont ; 87 plants from Dominica, 

 from the West Indian Exploration Committee ; 38 plants 

 from the High Andes, presented by Mr. E. Whymper ; 26 

 Indian plants from Mr. C. B. Clarke ; 26 Orchids from Mr. 

 H. J. Veitch, ; a collection of Assam Ferns from Mr. C. W. 

 Hope ; and specimens from Messrs. H. Feer, F. W. Styan, 

 T. D. A. Cockerell, T. Harcourt PoM^ell, and C. Bicknell ; 157 

 woods and 42 seeds from Victoria, from the Victorian 

 Government ; the woody portion of the stem of a Cactus 

 from California, from Mr. 0. H. Howarth ; fruits of Monster a, 

 from Lady Theodora Guest, and cones of Araucaria imbri- 

 cata, from Mr. T. Harcourt Powell. 



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