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A notable event has been the completion of the great series 

 of drawings of British Basidiomycetes by Mr. Worthington 

 G. Smith, now exhibited in the Public Gallery. 



The additions to the collections by presentation have 

 consisted of : — 513 Plants from India and Malaya, from 

 Sir George King ; G70 specimens, including 47 Ferns from 

 Guatemala, from Capt. John Donnell Smith ; 125 Phanero- 

 gams and 24 Cryptogams from Klondike, from J. B. Tyrrell, 

 Esq. ; 189 specimens, including 4 Cryptogams from Canary 

 Islands, collected by the Rev. R. P. Murray, from Government 

 Grant Committee ; 3 specimens from Rhodesia, from R, Doley, 

 Esq. ; 60 specimens of Flowering Plants and 1 Fern from 

 Transcaucasia, from W. Rickmers, Esq. ; 134 specimens 

 from the Chinese Provinces Shansi, Shensi, and Honan,. from 

 W. H. Shockley, Esq. ; 22 specimens from various countries, 

 from Dr. A. B. Rendle ; 15 specimens from various countries, 

 from Arthur Bennett, Esq. ; 179 specimens from Austra- 

 lia, from J. H. Maiden, Esq. ; 2 specimens of Orchids, from 

 Mons. Barbey ; 210 specimens, including 1 Fern from East 

 Tropical Africa, from Dr. Donaldson Smith ; 63 specimens 

 from France, from Mons. E. Malinvaud ; 4 Fruits, 5 Ferns, 

 and 7 Algse from India, from Dr. David Prain ; 102 Marine 

 Phanerogams and Algse from India, from Edgar Thurston, 

 Esq. ; 5 specimens from British Guiana, from G. Jenman, Esq. ; 

 5 specimens of cultivated Orchids, from Messrs, Hugh Low & 

 Co. ; 4 specimens of cultivated Orchids and 1 Fern, from 

 J. T. Bennett Pbe, Esq. ; 30 specimens of cultivated Orchids, 

 from Sir Trevor Lawrence ; 3 specimens from Portugal, from 

 the Rev. E. Armitage ; 2 specimens, from J. Sparkes, Esq. ; 

 9 specimens of cultivated Orchids, &c., from Messrs. Veitch 

 and Sons ; 3 specimens of cultivated Orchids, from Messrs. 

 Sander ; 3 specimens of cultivated Orchids, from Sir F. 

 Wigan ; 3 specimens of cultivated Orchids, from F. V. Moore, 

 Esq. ; 291 Archegoniate Plants from India, from J. F. 

 Duthie, Esq. ; 2 Cryptogams from Minorca, from Mr. Oldfield 

 Thomas ; some specimens of Isaria on pup?e of Cicada from 

 Mexico, from Lt.-Col. F. G. L. Mainwaring ; some specimens 

 of Halimeda from Funafuti, from Dr. Edgeworth David ; 

 3 West Indian Charace^e, from Messrs. H. and J. Groves • 

 9 Micro-Fungi, from E. S. Salmon, Esq. ; part of a type- 

 specimen of Turbinaria, from Major Reinbold; 85 Ferns of 

 Jamaica, from William Fawcett, Esq. ; and single specimens ' 

 by J. Cosmo Melvill, Esq. ; Mrs. E. A. Barclay ; Prof. Schinz ; 

 Dr. A. Zahlbruchner ; Geo. Gibson, Esq. ; Prof. Bureau ; 

 Mons. Barratte ; Mrs. A. G. Stennett ; C. B. Clarke, Esq. ; 

 Prof. Trelease ; H. T. Pitt, Esq. ; Dr. W. Hume ; A. H. Smee, 

 Esq.; Dr. T. Cooke; Capt. Stanley Flower; F. C. Kitto, 

 Esq. ; Prof. Borbas ; A. B. Percival, Esq., and W. Warpur, 

 Esq. 



The following additions have been made by presentation to 

 the British Herbarium :"-203 specimens from Rev. E. S. 



