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European Mosses by Fleischer and Warnstorf ; 342 Crypto- 

 gams hy Brunnthaler ; 50 Characese by Migula, Sydow, and 

 Wahlstedt ; 275 French Mosses by Husnot. 



The following additions have been made by purchasfi to 

 the British Herbarium : — 



Fifty Plants (Ruhi and Hieracia) by Linton ; 112 Mosses, 

 by Howie ; 40 Lichens by Johnson ; 100 Mosses by Benson ; 

 25 Marine Algae by Holmes. 



The additions by purchase to the collection of drawings of 

 plants include drawings by Lindley, W. G. Smith, Prof. C. 

 Stewart, and P. Highley. 



The following works have been presented to the Library of 

 the Department : — 



New Commercial Plants, No. 12, by the author, Thomas 

 Christy, Esq. ; Cyperaceae and Graminese, by the author, Dr. 

 F. Kurtz ; Bulletin Mensuel, Nos. 152-159, by the Linnean 

 Society of Paris ; 3 Pamphlets on Canadian Plants by James 

 M. Macoun, Esq. ; A. Whyte's Report on Botanical aspects of 

 British Central Africa by the Foreign Office ; Extracts 

 (botanical) from " Karpathos," by Mr. 0.. Thomas ; The 

 Flora of Llanbrynman, by Miss Roberts. Liste des Plantes 

 recoltees par les Princes Demetrie and Nicolas Ghika- 

 Comanesti dans la pays des Somalis by Mons. J. V. Socecu ; 

 Richard Deakin's Botanist's Manual, by Mr. C. O. Water- 

 house. Report of the Botanical Exchange Club for 1895, by 

 Charles Bailey, Esq., f.l.s. ; Journal of the Kew Guild for 

 1895, 1896, 1897, by W. Watson, Esq. ; Companion for Queens- 

 land Student of Plant Life, by F. M. Bailey, Esq., f.l.s., by 

 the Under Secretary for Agriculture, Brisbane. Report of 

 Botanical Work in Minnesota in 1886 and Flora of Minnesota, 

 by the Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota. 

 Botanical Observations on the Azores, by Prof. Trelease ; 

 Rundgang der Bot. Garten zu Berlin, by Dr. P. L. Sclater ; 

 Catalogue of Plants growing in his garden, by Thomas 

 Hanbury, Esq. ; Rev. E. D. Heathcote's Flowers of the 

 Engadine, by the Dowager Lady Heathcote ; Diary of John 

 Goldie (1819), by John Goldie, Esq. Eighth Report of the 

 Missouri Botanic Garden, by the Director, Prof. W. Trelease. 

 Parts 23 and 24 of Flora of British India, and Report of 

 Director of Botanical Survey of India for 1896, by the India 

 Office ; The Young Shetlander (Life of Thomas Edmonston), 

 by Mr. Britten; 6 pamphlets from Sir George King, K.c.s.i.; 

 30 descriptions and figures in slip of new or noteworthy 

 plants from the Gardeners' Chronicle, by Dr. M. T. Masters, 

 F.R.s. ; Pamphlet b}'- Dept. of Agriculture, Washington, 

 U.S.A.; 2 Pamphlets by Herr F. Stephani; Barnes and 

 Heald's Analytic Keys to the Genera and Species of North 

 American Mosses, by Mr. Gepp. E. A. Allom's " The Seaweed 

 Collector," by Mr. B. B. Woodward. D. C. Danielsson's 

 " Planteparasitsere Hudsygdomme,'' from the Bergen Museum. 

 H. N. Dixon's Handbook Catalogue and Label List of 



