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Appendix III. : documents as supplementary evidence. 



Appendix 

 HI. 



No. 12. 



Extract from a letter addressed to the Secretary of the 

 Committee by Sir William T. Thiselton-Dyer, Direc- 

 tor, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, dated 15th 

 January, 1901. 



" ... It seems to me that De Candolle's state- 

 ment is a very important testimony as to the character 

 and value of the Kew Herbarium up to 1880. If it had 

 occurred to 'me I should have introduced it into my 

 Memorandum. I think the attention of the Committee 

 sii'ould be drawn to it, and it should h& added to the 

 printted evidence. . . ." 



Tlie following is the paragraph in question : — 



" Kew (Jardin Royal de). — ^Pour les deux herbiers, 

 cehii de Sir W. et Sir Jos. Hooker et celui de M. 

 Bentham, qui ont forme la base de I'immense herbier 

 ac.tuel, il n'esistait pas de catalogues ou regi^ures d' entree. 

 J'ai releve sur I'epoque ant^rieure a 1856 beaucoup de 

 details tir^s de Lasegue, Mus. Deless. p. 325, A. Gray, 

 Amer. Journ. 1840, de lettres de M. Bentham, ^de Sir 

 Joseph Hooter, et autres sources oceasionelles. A dater 

 de 1856, les Beports ont donn6 des informations de plus 

 en plus precises sur I'aocroisement de I'herbier, qui doit 

 etre le plus riche de tous en espfeces differentes et en 

 especea rares, decrites par les auteurs. J'espere avoir 

 radiqu6 a peu pres tous les herbiers de botanistes connus 

 qui s'y trouvent incorpor^s, mais un grand nombre de 

 collections de voyageurs y sont aussi, sans qu'il m'ait 

 ete possible de les pass'er en revue pour en extraire celles 

 dont il aurait convenu de parler ici. Ce sont souvent 

 des collections uniques, de voyageurs anglais, et celles-la 

 sont indiquees dans les ouvrages rediges a Kew. Quant 

 aux autres' collections de plants numerotees, on se 

 trompera rarement si Ton part de I'idee qu'elles y sont, 

 m^me lorsque mes documents ne m'ont pas permis de 

 les signaler." 



A. De Oandolle, "La Phytographie," p. 385. 



No. 13. 



Copy of a letter from the Principal Librarian, British- 

 Museum, to the Secretary of the Botanical Work 

 Committee, dated 17th January, 1901. 



Sir. 



British Museuia, 



17th January, 1901. 



In reply to your letter of the 11th inst., I am 

 directed by the Trustees of the British Museum to 

 acquaint you, for the information of the Botanical Work 

 Committee, .that nothing has occurred to move them to 

 make any addition to, or alteration in, the statements 

 contained in their letter addressed to the Lords Com- 

 missioners of Her Majesty's Treasury on the 12th July, 

 1899. 



I am, sir. 

 Tour most obedient servant, 

 (Signed) E. Mattnde Thomi'son. 



The Secretary, Botanical Work Committee. 



No. 14. 

 Extract from a letter addressed to the Secretary by 

 Mr. William Carruthers, F.R.S. : — 



14, Yermont Road, Upper Norwood. 



24th January, 1901. 

 Dear Mr. Jaokson, 



My first work as an Assistant of the Botanical 

 Department in t'he autumn of 1859 was to incorporate in 

 a single series the British plants of Edward Forster, of 

 Sowerby, containing the types used in "Enszlish 

 Botany," and of some small collections. This may be 

 considered the foundation of the present British her- 

 barium, though the collections then incorporated had 

 been kept by themselves in a separate press. 



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I am, faithfully yours, 

 (Signed) W. Cahbttthebs. 



