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In the re-arrangement, with large additions, of the Families of Corylacece, Juglandece 

 Myricece, Platanacece, and Ciqmlifeia, and of portions of the Collection of woods: 



In the examination and partial arrangement of various Collections recently received ; 



In the laying into the British Herbarium of Mr. Black's and other Collections of Mosses ; 

 of Dr. Carrington's Hepatica ; of numerous species from various localities and collectors, 

 and especially of Roses, Caricex and Willows; and of a portion of the Collection presented 

 by Mrs. Atkins : 



And in the continued so-arrangement of the British i^MH^i, with very extensive additions. 



The principal additions which have been made to the department during the year 1865, 

 consist of — 



About 1,500 s|iecies of Plants, including a valuable British Herbarium, presented by 

 Mrs. Atkins. 



Specimens of Viola arenaria from Yorkshire, and of Trichomanes radicans from Wales, 

 presented by Mr. James Backhouse, jun. 



269 species of Plants of the Shetland Islands, collected by Mr. Tate. 

 250 „ British Fungi, froni the Collection of Mr. Cooke. 

 5 ,, Microscopic Fungi, presented by C. E. Broome, Esq. 

 80 „ and varieties illustrating a " Monograph of Britisb Cladoniae," by Mr. 

 Mudd. 

 . 269 „ Swedish Phsenogamous Plants, collected by M, Nyman. 

 100 „ Mosses, ditto. 



200 „ Plants forming cent. 34 and 35 of M. Billot's " Flora Gallise et Germanise 

 Exsiccata." 

 1,000 „ the Tyrol, collected by Rupert Huter. 



100 „ forming fasc. 23 and 24 of the '* Erbario Crittogamico Italiano." 

 400 „ the rarer Plants of Sicily, forming fasc. 1-4 of Todaro's '^ Flora Sicula." 



76 „ Roses; presented by M. A. Deseglise. 



273 „ European Mouses, contained in Schimper's " Pugillus Muscorum." 

 100 ,, Fungi, forming cent, 7 of Rabenhorst's "Fungi Europsei." 

 130 „ Algffi, forming" fasc. 160-178 of Rabenhorst's "Algae Europeee." 

 30 Microscopical slides of DiaiomacecB. 

 1,078 species of South African Plants, collected by Mr. T. Cooper, and presented by W. 



W. Saunders, Esq. 

 1,600 „ Plants from the Zulu Country, S. Afiica, collected by Mr. W. S. Gerrard. 



200 „ Plants of the Islands of the S.Pacific, and especially of the Fiji Archipelago. 



2,850 „ Venezuela, collected by M. Moritz. 



2,127 „ Phsenogamous Plants of Cuba, collected by Mr. Chas. Wright. 



2,000 „ chiefly Garden specimens, from the collection of Mr, John Smith. 

 100 „ Fruits and Seeds from Mexico, collected by Mr. Farris. 

 An extensive and valuable series of Botanical Drawings and Manuscripts, by the late 

 Richard Anthony Salisbury, bound in six folio volumes ; presented by Dr. Gray, 



ThreeMeraoirs on DiatomacecB, together with 31 microscopic slides, illustrative of the species 

 and varieties described in them ; presented by the author, Dr. F. W. Lewis. 



A set of Memoirs descriptive of British Fungi ; presented by the author, C. E. Broome, 

 Esq. 

 The " Supplement " to his " Cybele Brltannica;" presented by H. C. Watson, Esq, 



Julin J. Bennett. 



Department of Prints and Drawings. 



The progress in the arrangement, and the acquisitions made in the Department in the 

 course of the year 1865, are as follows : — 



The wood cuts of Lucas van Leyden have been arranged in a volume, and the references 

 to both Bartsch and Passavant attached to each. 



The works of the early engravers of the school of the Netherlands who followed Lucas 

 van Leyden, the Master of the Crab, Dirk von Staren, Alaart Claessens, and others using 

 monograms, have been inserted in volumes, and the references to Bartsch and Passavant 

 attached to each. 



The engravings of Cesare Reverdino have been arranged in a volume, and the references 

 to Passavant, whose list of his works is much fuller than that of Bartsch, have been attached 

 to each; a catalogue of them has also been compiled, and copied out fair. 



Some progress has been made in the arrangement of the works of Giorgio, Adamo, and 

 Diana Ghisi. 



Many important additions having been recently made to the works of Woollett, it 

 became necessary to enter on an entirely new arrangement of them ; this has been done, 

 and they are placed in seven volumes. The additions have been inserted in the manuscript 

 Catalogue, 



Two^thousand three hundred and sixty-five engravings from the works of tlie Italian 



187. D 3 masters 



