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Mr. p. Highley has prepared 890 microscope-slides of 

 Phyto-plankton, and 27 water-colour drawings of British 

 Lichens for exhibition. 



In the early part of the year Mr. Chandler was still 

 engaged in rearranging the exhibition of natural orders in 

 the wall cases of the Public Gallery. The work was con- 

 tinued by Miss Eraser, who has been also occupied with the 

 preparation of drawings and specimens for the exhibition of 

 Plant Morphology in the Index Museum. 



The additions to the collections by presentation have 

 been : — The Herbarium of Mr. Francis Black well Forbes, 

 F.L.S., containing more than 4,000 specimens, mostly Chinese 

 - a collection of special importance in connection"^ with the 

 " Index Florae Sinensis " published by the Linnean Society, 

 in which Mr. Forbes's plants are included ; a representative 

 series of the Ferns of North-West India from the herbarium 

 of the late Charles William Webley Hope was presented 

 by his son, Mr. Adrian J. R. Hope. The other additions to 

 the collections by presentation have consisted of : — 22 speci- 

 mens of Najas and Potamogeton from North Asia, from Dr. 

 Litwinow ; 334 Phanerogams and Cryptogams, 32 specimens 

 of Woods and 19 Fruits, from Central Africa, collected by 

 Dr. A. Bagshawe, from Col. Delme Radcliffe ; 57 Siberian 

 Phanerogams and 2 Cryptogams, from Arthur Bennett, Esq. ; 

 5 specimens from India, from Dr. Theodore Cooke, c.i.e. ; 

 108 Phanerogams and 14 Cryptogams from Nyika Plateau, 

 from Miss M. Henderson; 35 specimens of Grasses from 

 China and 67 specimens from Liberia, from the Director, 

 Royal Gardens, Kew ; 3 ;3pecimens from Dr. C. H. Ostenfeld ; 

 3C1 Phanerogams and 2 calcareous Algee from India, from 

 Major Prain ; 90 Phanerogams and 16 Cryptogams from New 

 South Wales, from R. T. Baker, Esq. ; 82 Phanerogams and 

 22 Cryptogams from Rhodesia, from F. Eyles, Esq. ; 3 fruit- 

 ing specimens of Apocynacese from Tropical Africa, from 

 Prof. Boyce; 8 specimens from South Nigeria, from Dr. 

 Darker; 36 specimens from Miss E. F. Noel; 83 specimens 

 from New Zealand, from J. Cosmo Melvill, Esq. ; 9 specimens 

 of cultivated plants, from J. O'Brien, Esq. ; 41 specimens 

 from Jamaica, mainly Orchids, from W. Fawcett, Esq. ; 

 19 marine Algae from Wei-hai-wei, China, from Dr. P. H. 

 Boyden ; 14 species of marine Algse from Sydney, New 

 South Wales, from J. H. Maiden, Esq.; Century 1 (edition 1) 

 of Klotzsch's Herbarium Vivum Mycologicum and 8 of George 

 Don's published Lichens, from Mrs. K. M. Lyell ; 134 marine 

 Algse from the coast of Brittany and 2 from Grand Canary, 

 from Miss Anna Vickers ; original drawings of Ophioglossum 

 simplex, from Prof. F. O. Bower ; 84 Vascular Cryptogams 

 from British East Africa, from R. Meinertzhagen ; 25 Ferns 

 of Dominica, from the Earl of Crawford ; 3 specimens and 

 4 microscope-preparations of Mycetozoa, from Arthur Lister, 

 Esq. ; 3 Calif ornian marine Algse, from Miss E. C. Cowan; 



