30 ACCOUNTS, &C. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



926 Plants of the Mountains of Altai ; from Mr. Ward's collection. 

 943 „ India ; collected by Dr. Wight. 



71 „ Nilgherry Mountains ; collected by Dr. Wight. 

 431 „ Malacca : collected by Griffith. 



110 „ Australia: presented by Dr. Ferd, Von Miiller. 



111 „ Swan Eiver, New Holland; collected by Mylne. 

 113 „ the Feejee Islands ; collected by Harvey. 



784 „ North America; from the collection of Mr. Ward. 



^21 „ California; collected by Coulter. 



213 Carices of North America; collected by Sartwell. 



416 Fungi of South Carolina; collected by Ravenal. 



323 Plants of Nicaragua ; collected by Tate. 



700 „ the Andes of Quito ; collected by Jameson, and presented by J. N. 



Kuczinski, Esq. 

 439 species of Orchideas ; from the collection of Mr. Ward. 

 A fine set of Pine-cones from California; collected by Mr. Warren, 

 A large fossil trunk from the London clay, at Highgate, and a cone of Stavgeria 

 paradnxa ; presented by James Yates, Esq. 



A fine specimen of Ulodendron majas, Lindl. and Hutt. ; presented by Daniel 

 Ross, Esq. 



Numerous specimens of Plants and Fruits, chiefly from Africa, purchased of Mr. 

 Cutter. 



" Flora Britannica Indigena." By John Walcott, Esq., 8vo., Bath, 1778, the Author's 

 copy ; presented by the Rev. McKenzie E. C. Walcott. 



The number of visits paid to the Herbarium for purposes of scientific research was 974* 



John J. Bennett. 



Department or Pkints and Deawings. 



The first volume of the catalogue of the English satirical prints, political and personal, 

 describing subjects dating from 1537 to the Revolution of 1688, is nearly ready for publica- 

 tion, five hundred pages having been set up : the proofs of a large number of the articles 

 have been revised. 



The arrangement of the Slade Collection has been proceeded with, a selection of 525 

 prints have been mounted and exhibited in the King's Library, of which a guide-book 

 has been compiled and issued to the public. 



The English historical prints have been re-arranged in chronological order, the im- 

 portant recent acquisitions incorporated, with references inscribed on the wrappers, con- 

 taining prints illustrating the history of each year to such authorities as may be found 

 in bound volumes. 



The re-arrangement of the early English portraits has been commenced, and 309 of 

 them representing royal personages have been mounted. 



The works of John Smith, an eminent engraver in mezzotinto, who flourished at the 

 beginning of the last century, have been brought together, and arranged in a volume. 



Collections of the works of Thomas Frye and Richard Earlom have been similarly 

 treated. 



The works of Sir Robert Strange have been re-arranged in four volumes instead 

 of three ; the additions from the Slade and Palmer Collections being incorporated. 



Also the engravings by William WooUett have been re-arranged, the important addi- 

 tions from the Slade and Palmer Collections being incorporated ; making eleven volumes 

 instead of seven. 



John Henry Robinson's engravings have been brought together and arranged in a 

 volume. 



Also those executed by George T. Doo, r.a., have been re-arranged, and the fine 

 specimens recently acquired have been incorporated. 



The Avorks of the recently deceased engraver John Burnet have been brought to- 

 gether and arranged in a volume. 



The prints after the pictures and drawings by Benjamin West, p.e.a., have been 

 re-arranged, the recent additions to the collection incorporated, and the necessary altera- 

 tions made in the MS. catalogue. 



The collection of prints after Sir Thomas Lawrence, P.R.A., have been re-arranged, 

 and those recently acquired incorporated and alterations made in the MS. catalogue. 



The series of proofs of Turner's " Liber Studiorum," purchased from Mr. Pye, have 

 been mounted on sunk mounts made of warm-toned paper, and incorporated with those 

 specimens already in the Print Room, making 205 examples, which are placed in five 

 Solander cases. 



The prints, drawings, and manuscript notes illustrating Edwards's " Anecdotes of 

 Painting," presented by J. H. Anderdon, Esq., have been arranged with the text, and 

 bound in two small folio volumes. 



Carbon prints from Fra Bartolommeo, Giuliano deglia Arrighi Pesello, Francesco 

 Pesellino, Raphael Sanzio di Urbino, and Albrecht Diirer's drawings in the Louvre, 

 Albertina, Venice, Milan, Florence, and Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Collections, 503 in number, 



have 



