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Among the acquisitions by purchase special mention 

 should be made of the Cryptogamic Herbarium of the late 

 William Phillips, containing about 10,000 British and exotic 

 Fungi, 800 Lichens, 53 Algse, and 3,200 Drawings of Fungi. 



VII. — Demonstrations. 

 Demonstrations on the collections have been given by 

 Dr. Rendle to 27 members of the International Hybridisation 

 Conference, August 3rd, and to 11 members of the Ealing 

 Science Society, November 3rd. 



VIII. — Students and Visitors. 

 The number of visits to the Department for consultation 

 and research during the year was 2,065, Numerous specimens 

 and small collections have been named by the staff for 

 visitors and correspondents. 



A. B. Rendle. 



