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DEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEE ON BOTANICAL WORK: 



British Mu:;eam, &;. — continuad. 



— lierbarium, jDi/cr, p. 101-102 ; — Kew lacks posses- 

 sion, Dyer, 1274; — known to witness, Dyer, 1345; 

 — not kept separate, Murray, 42 ; ■ — offshoot of Kew, 

 Dyer, 1299, p. 102 ; — specimens desirable for Kew, 

 Hemsley, 122S ; — value, Dyer, 1306; Barter, C, 

 plants collected by, absent. Dyer, p. 85 ; Bauer's 

 drawings, p. 116; Dyer, p. 101, 102; Bennett, J. J., 

 assistant, p. 112 ; — Keeper, p. 122 ; — evidence, 

 ia55, p. 117; —1858, p. 119; —1860, p. 124; 

 —notes, 1869, p. 126 ; Bentham, G., vievia, 187i; 

 p. 130 ; bequests, duijlicates resulting from, Murray, 

 126 ; Berlin, .an example, Murray, 152 ; Bescherelle 

 collection, acquired, Dyer, p. 87, Q. 1296. 1305, 1331 ; 

 — alluded to, Murray, 67 ; 'binding, allowance for, 

 Murray, p. 3 ; — ^possible saving on amalgamation, 

 Murray, 103 ; Birkbeck Inet-itution, students as 

 visitors, Murray, p. 3 ; Bloomsbury, removal from, 

 Murray, p. 3 ; books, in Botanical Department, 

 Clarke, 334 ; — possible saving on amalgamation, 

 Murray, 102, 103 ; — recent botany only, Woodward, 

 1093, 1094 ; — wianting at Kew, Clarke, 310, 319, 

 334 ; Hiern, 962 ; — ^in general library, Clarke, 334 ; 

 books and binding, Murray, p. 3 ; books and 

 journals, Siern, 961; booksellers employed, Murray, 

 p. 4 ; borrowing from other departments, Woodward, 

 1082, 1083, 1086; —of balances. Woodward, 1090; 

 botanic collections. Masters, 631, 623 ; — arrange- 

 ment, Masters, 665, 688 ; — inferior to Kew, 

 Masters, 636, 637 ; — criticised in 1823, p. Ill ; — ex- 

 hibition should be retained, Seward, 930, 931 ; 

 — ^mueh consulted by witness, Hanbury, 499 ; — never 

 used for teaching purpoises by witness. Holmes, 468 ; 

 — used for old collections, Masters, 624 ; — lalso for 

 plants not at Kew, Masters, 630, 633, 695 ; — ^worked 

 five years in the collections, Hiern, 947 ; Botanical 

 Department, enlargement suggested, Carruthers, p. 

 173 ; — growth since removal. Dyer, 1299, 1345 ; 

 — library confined to recent botany, Woodward, 1094 ; 

 — staff rather than collections used by palaeontolo- 

 gists, Murray, 108, 109 ; — puiblic also, Murray, 

 p. 2 ; — ^to wlhom subordinate. Dyer, p. 57 ; 

 — ^under George III., p. Ill; ibotanist, compe- 

 tent, would always be n&eded, King, 280 ; 

 — ^limitations, King, 281 ; botanists, attending, 

 Carruthers, 611, 612 ; — relative accessibility, 

 Carruthers, 577 ; botany shown in Central Hall, 

 Lankester, 11'83 ; Boulger, Mr. G. S.. on collections 

 exhibited, p. 174; Bourgeau, E., plants wanting. 

 Dyer, p. 85 ; British botanists visiting, Carruthers, 

 611, 612 ; British herbarium, Murray, p. 2 ; — date 

 of formiation, Carruthers, p. 180 ; — enough for casual 

 botanic visitors, Masters, 699, 700 ; — ^most excellent, 

 Hanhury, 506 ; — not a perfect colileotion. Groves, 

 365, 366; —should be left, Kmg, 289, 290, 291; 

 slhiauldl be transiferred, Lankcstcr, 1160-1162 ; un- 

 known to witness, Elwes, 1013 ; British plants alone 

 insufficient. Groves, 362-364 ; — ^easier studied than 

 at Kew, Hanhury, 500. 502 ; • — ^removal deprecated, 

 Hanbury, 504, 505 ; British specimens only in 

 British herbarium, Murray, 46, 83 ; — shown in public 

 room, Carruthers, 604; Brown, R., evidence, p. 111- 

 IIS ; — ^fossils, Murray, p. 4 ; — herbarium, Carruthers, 

 p. 133 ; Murray, p. 3 ; — on " Erebus " and " Terror " 

 collections, Dyer, p. 86 ; building at Cromwell Road 

 not co'mplete. Carruthers, 582, 5'84 ; — at Kew, Dyer, 

 1539 ; — 'Burlington House as a siite for a museum, p. 

 122 ; cabinets, incorporation by, Clark'^, 537 ; Hem sky, 

 215 ; King, 212,314 ; Masters, 642 ; — ilarger than those 

 at Kew, Murray, 90 ; — number, Murray, p. 178 ; 

 — ^with moveable trays, Murray, p.4 ; Campbell Island 

 plants wanting, Dyer, p. 85 ; camphor used as a pre- 

 ventative to insect damage, Murray, p. 4 ; carpo- 

 logical collection, Murray, 56-58 ; Carruthers, Mr. 

 W., evidence, 1871, p. 133-138; 1900, 564-619; p. 

 173, 177-179 ; —keeper, 24 years, Carruthers, 564 ; 

 catalogues, official, Murray, p. 3, 4 ; — cost of print- 

 ing, Murray, p. 3 ; — published by the Trustees, 

 Seward, 940 ; — specimens enumerated should be left, 

 Scott, 1124 ; — written by witness, Seward, 892, 939 ; 

 Central Hall exhibition, Lankester, 1154, 1183 ; 

 " Challenger '' collection claims. Dyer, p. 85 ; change 

 undesirable if to an inflammable structure. King, 

 244 ; CharaceaB studied. Groves, 344, 345, 357 ; collec- 

 tion lost sight of. Holmes, 451 ; controverted, Car- 



rutliers, p. 177-180 ; — ^of fossil plants very large, Scott, 

 1108 ; — of timbers poor, Dyer, p. 82 ; collections, 

 botanic, acquired by comr)etition, Elwes, 1031 ; — not 

 on personal knowledge, Elwes, 1032 ; — by purchase. 

 Dyer, 1291, 1295 ; —claims against Kew, Dyer, p. 85 ; 

 — deprived by Kew, Dyer, p. 85 ; — difference between 



British Museum, &c. — continued. 



them and those at Kew, Bennett, p. 126 ; —disposal a 

 personal question, Murray, p. 3 ; less important than 

 those at Kew, Masters, 718, 719; —London 

 situation preferable, Murray, 113, 114; — 

 might be brought under one system. Hooker, 



p. 129 ; history of, p. 114-117 ; cited, p. 



138; —might be left in part, Scott, 1136, 

 1137 ; — not as available as they should be, Ball, p. 

 151 ; —set from Kew, Dyer, 13S8 ; — «ome packets not 

 opened since the time of Banks, Ball, 132 ; state- 

 ment challenged, Carruthers, p. 143, 145 ; sub- 

 sequently modified. Ball, p. 143 ; — suggestions as to 

 transference. Ball, p. 132 ; —teaching collections, 

 Murray, p. 3 ; —transference of the whole to Kew, 

 Ball, p. 132 ; — used, reasons given, Farmer, 769 ; 

 Groves, 339-341 ; —wanting at Kew, Hiern, 950 ; col- 

 lectors, for Banks, were Kew men, Hemsley, 1220; 

 — plants not named by them, Murray, 152 ; — pre- 

 viously instructed, Murray, p. 3 ; —show preference 

 for Kew, Elwes, 1024 ; collocation the only possible 

 way of union, Dyer, 1342, 1343 ; Colonial work might 

 be done, Hiern, 984, 997 ; Colonies, herbarium might 

 be ai-ranged according to, King, 223, 290 ; — pre- 

 dominance of Kew due to economic questions, Mur- 

 ray, 164 ; Committee, Select, 1835, p. Ill ; com- 

 parison, facilities for, Murray, 84 ; — ^of Kew collec- 

 tions, Carruthers, p. 135 ; competition v,'ith Kew, 

 Dyer, 1595, 1346-1352 ; —desirable, Murray, 156 ; — 

 insignificant, Dyer, 1296 ; Hemsley, 1260 ; — non-ex- 

 istent, Murray, 128 ; — not disiadvantageous. Farmer, 

 848-852 ; —should be obviated. Masters, 727, 728 ; 

 complete collection desirable. Masters, 723 ; — en- 

 deavours to make it so, Masters, 725 ; consultation 

 by Kew, Hiern, 984 ; —little likelihood, Hiern, 985 ; 

 correlation of the Banksian herbarium and library, 

 Carruthers, p. 138 ; correspondence on want of space, 

 p. 113 ; — with Colonial and foreign botanists, 

 Murray, p. 3 ; Cosson, Ernest St. Charles, letter on 

 herbarium, p. 145 ; cost of fittings considerable, 

 Murray, 89 ; —of herbarium, 1871-72, p. 137 ; 

 — would not be lessened by transference, Murray, p. 

 127 ; Cotton, Sir Robert Bruce, manuscripts, p. Ill ; 

 Cottonian collections, p. Ill ; Cromibie, Rev. J. M. 

 lichens named by, Holmes, 486 ; cryptogamic collec- 

 tions, Murray, p. 3 ; — badly named, Holmes, 473, 

 477. p. 173 ; — 'compared with those at Kew, Dyer, 

 1305 ; — increase, Murray, p. 3, Q. 117, 118 ; — no 

 arrears of unarranged, Murray, 67 ; — not able to 

 state comparative value, Masters, 726 ; — reconstruc- 

 tion of herbarium, Murray, p. 3 ; — should be trans- 

 ferred to Kew, Holmes, 476 ; — should not be separated 

 from phanerogams, 'Groves, 354-357 ; ■ — visitors, 

 reason for diminution, Murray, p. 3 ; — iworld wide, 

 Murray, 162 ; Cunningham, R. C, plants wanting, 

 Dyer, p. 85 ; Cycads, size of sheets for, Murray, p. 

 4 ; Delesseria confused in herbarium, Holmes, 489 ; 

 Departments, at foundation, p. Ill ; — libraries, 

 Murray, 177-181 ; Devonshire Commission, recom- 

 mendations not practicable, Murray, 167-175 ; 

 — report, p. 127-149 ; De Toni, algse arranged ac- 

 cording to, Murray, p. 4; Dickie, Dr. G., algse mis- 

 named by. Holmes, 477, 478, p. 173; cf. 178, 179; 

 d'ifferences from Kew herbarium, Clarke, 302 ; Car- 

 ruthers, p. 137 ; diaries of officers, Murray, 

 p. 2 ; dilettanti, heribarium important for. Masters, 

 673 ; disadvantage of two collections, p. 123 ; — not 

 serious, Farmer, 848-855 ; disappearance of collec- 

 tions, Ball, p. 132; Holmes, 411, 451, cf. p. 178; 

 — controverted, Carruthers, p. 177-179; distribution 

 of duplicates, Murray, 144 ; division of phanero- 

 gams from cryptogams would be a mutilation, 

 Murray, 197 ; drawings, large collection, Murray, 

 p. 4; Dulau and Co., as booksellers, Murray, 

 p. 4 ; duplicates, a few sent to Royal College of 

 Science, Farmer, 810; — ^ascertained proportions, 

 Carruthers, p. 136 ; — ^istrihution, Murray, 144 ; 

 — elimination on union, Murray, 154, 155 ; — how 

 should be disposed of. King, 259; — ^in bequests and 

 purchases, Murray, 126 ; — ^might be sent from Kew, 

 Hooker, p. 129; — ^should be got rid of, Hemsley, 

 1230, 1246, 1258 ; duplicate-room, for .storing, 

 Murray, 68 ; dust, a great nuisance. Hooker, p. 129 ; 

 — ^not found injurious, Carruthers, 616 ; — ^plans for 

 its exclusion. Hooker, p. 129 ; duties of officers, 

 Murray, p. 2; Dyer, Sir W. T. Thiselton, letter on 

 collections, p. 87 ; eooinomic botany, left to ivew, 

 Holmes, 462 ; Murray, 29, 164, 165 ; — ^collections 

 not required, Bentham, p. 131 ; — colonial questions 

 referred to Kew, Hiern, 998 ; " Edinburgh Review," 



