58 ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM, 



7. Coileclion of Plates and Drawings of Plants : — 



46 original drawings of Fungi, by W. G. Smith. 



87 original drawings of Cape Plants, by Francis Maeson, presented by Charles 



Lee, Esq. 

 26 original drawings of Sumatra and Java Plants, by H. O. Forbes. 

 22 original drawings of Indian Palms, by Roxburgh. 

 An orit;inal drawing of Epipogum Gmelini, presented by Mrs. Lloyd. 

 2 photogra])hs of Zelkova crenata, by Winslow Jones, Esq. 

 5,003 plates of Plants, 



The volume containing the drawings and technical descriptions of plants made in the 

 East by Kamel has been transferred from the Manuscript Department. 



A collection of autograph letters of John Eay and his contemporaries, amounting in 

 all to 88 letters, together with the original manuscript of Derham"s Life of Eay, has been 

 acquired by the Department. 



The number of visits jjaid during the year to the Herbarium for scientific research and 

 inquiry was 993, 



William L'airuthers, 



British Museum, ~| Edward A. Bond. 



29 June 1885. / PrincijDal Librarian. 



