INDEX. 



185 



Biitisli Museum, &'j. — coniinued. 



attack, p. Ill ; edilication its function, Lankesfer, 

 1152, 1153; education not its work, Lankcstrr, 1152, 

 1170, 1185 ; educatiL^nal collections, fluid specimens 

 not essential. Farmer, 834; —expansion dosiraible, 



Farmer, 780. 842; supply required from a garden, 



Farmer, 855 ; —herbarium should be left, Masters, 

 651-653, 656; —if reduced to that would be retro, 

 gressive, Farmn; 846, 847; —series, largest and best 

 in Euroi)e, Mnrruii. 149; —use of collec*ions, 

 Farmer, 774-789, 790-799, 827, 859; Murray, p. 2, 3; 

 Q. 6-17, 149-151 ; eti'ects of transference to Kew, 

 ianA-csftr, 1138 ; —from Kew, Lankester, 1151 ; emu- 

 lation a possible advantage. King, 234; English 

 plants sJiould be left. King, 290, 291 ; enlargement 

 deprecated, Masters, 729; —proposed, Carruthcrs, 

 582-584, p. 173; enquiry, 1868-69, p. 126; — leferred 

 to, Carruthers, p. 134; Owen, p. 152; "Erebus" and 

 and '• Terror "' collections, Dyer, p. 85, 86 ; errors m 

 naming, Carruthrs, p. 178; Hanbnry, 512; Holmes, 

 473, 474, p. 173 ; European herbarium. King, 225 ; 

 — required for British plants, Groves, 364 ; Hanburv, 

 517; examination by boiling, Murray, p. 4; ex- 

 change of specimens, 21urray, p. 3, Q. 63 ; exhibi- 

 tion in public gallery, Elurs, 1034; slrould be kept 

 up, Elwes, 1033 ; — in Geological Department, Wood- 

 ward, 1095 ; expansion, not practicable, 1858, p. 

 123; — room for, 21urray, 110; — teiaching collec- 

 tions desirable, Farmer, 780, 842-844; expenditure 

 on amalgamation, Murray, 95-107 ; expense not jus- 

 tified for amalgamation. Masters, 658, 680, 681, 689 ; 

 — ^not Tvorth consideration, King, 213, 232 ; — re- 

 moval probably not great, Elwes, 1030 ; external 

 characters in fossil plants, Seott, 1128 ; facilities for 

 examination of specimens, Carruthers, p. 135 ; 

 —study of fossils, Seward, 924; — ^work in her- 

 barium, Murray, 79, 80; Fawcett, W., assistant for 

 five years, 524 ; ferns, arrangement, Murray, p. 4 ; 

 — essential to consult collection, Seward, 920 ; — size 

 of sheets for, Murray, p. 4 ; Ferro's pre-Linnean her- 

 barium transferred from 'Kew, Murray, p. 3 ; iire, 

 precautions against, Murray, 98 ; — security by sepa- 

 ration, p. 137 ; fire-proof building requisite, 

 King, 752 ; — collections housed in, Murray, 

 p. 4 ; fire-risk, appliances, Hiern, 959, 970 ; 

 — drawback to amalgamation, Carruthers, 571, 576 ; 

 — small, at Cromwell Road, Hiern, 959; Flower 

 Sir W. H., fossils transferred under, Murray, p. 4; 

 — Index Museum, Lankester, 1154 ; — relations with 

 Kew, Dyer, p. 87; Forbes, H. 0., !N"ew Guinea col- 

 lections. Dyer, p. 87 ; foreigners, London most con- 

 venient for, Clarke, 331; Forster, E., collection of 

 plants lost sight of. Holmes, 411, 451, 452, p. 173 ; 

 — ^controverted, Carruthers, j)- 177-179 ; fossil 

 plants, collection exceedingly good, Seward, 871 ; — 

 believed to be in the Botanical Department, Holmes, 

 p. 173 ; — best kept with recent plants. Farmer, 

 797-799 ; Seward, 877 ; —could not be named 

 from a reference herbarium, Carruthers, 578, 

 605 ; essential feature in a complete collec- 

 tion, Carruthers, 573, 574 ; — in Botanical De- 

 partment, once, Holmes, p. 173 ; — transferred, 

 Murray, 47-50, p. 4 ; Woodivard, 1063 ; —fewer than 

 were tn Geological Depanbment, Seward, 878 ; Wood- 

 ward, 1063 ; — in the Geological Depiartiment, Seward, 



S78 ; Woodward, 1063, 1064, 1081-1086 ; transfer 



unconditional. Woodward, 1084 ; —present state of 

 colleotrJon, Seu-aid, 881 ; ■ — specimens mot readily found, 

 Seward, 923 ; —-less used by geologfists than for- 

 merly, Murray, 60, 85 ; — iprdbable reasons, Murray, 

 "^ ; — little studiied by witness, Hiern, 989 ; 

 — methods of research, Carruthers, _6lO ; — might be 

 left, Lankester, 1183 ; Masters, 749 ; — named by 

 comparison with recent forms. Farmer, 802 ; — need 

 a herbarium of types, Carruthers. 6lS, 619 ; — not 

 arranged for stratigi^aphic work, Lankester, 1178, 1194. 

 1195 ; -^nlv place where they are j^ept, Carruthers, 

 573 ; — opinion relied on, Hiern, 973-976 ; — publica- 

 tions required for their situdy, Murray, 94 ; — result- 

 ing from Government expeditions, p. 141 : — sent from 

 Kew, Dyer. 1358 ; —should he shown, Seward, P^2- 

 945 ; ; — should be tnansf erred to Kew, Holmes 439 

 440 ; Seivard, 878, 880 ; —should be with recent 

 plants, Seward, 877 ; — transferred to Geologicail De- 

 partment, Murray, 47-50, p. 4 ; Wonelivard, 1063, 

 1064, 1081-1086 ; —specimens studied by Dr. Scott. 

 Lankester, 1181, 1182 ; — usually have cnly external 

 characters, Ceirruthers, 618, 619 ; foundation in 1753, 

 p. Ill ; fruits, how kept, Murray, p. 4 : Q. 56-58 • 

 fungi, arrangement, Murray, p. 4 ; furniture and 



Britisli Museuin, &c. — eontintied. 



fittings, Murray, 88-94, p. 3 ; galleries, term ex- 

 plained, Murray, 78 ; genera, a.n'angement, Murray, 

 p. 4 ; general herbariuan should be retained, Han- 

 bury, 517; general library at Cromwell Eoad, Mur- 

 ray, 94 ; geographical arrangement confined to speoles, 

 Murray, p. 4 ; —herbarium suggested, Hanhwry, 507 ; 

 — sequence not followed. Masters, 666, 685 ; Geologi- 

 cal Depantment, ^alluded to, Holmes, 444 ; —-fossil 

 plants transferred to, Murray, 48-50, p. 4 ; IVood- 

 ward, 1063, 1064, 1081-1086 ; — more animal remains 

 than botanic, Lankester, 1176 ; — no geologic work 

 done there, Lankester, 1177 ; — not aware that fossil 

 plaints aa-e now there. Holmes, 445 ; — ^p;ilaeontology 

 in, Lankester, 1142, 1143, 1147 ; —vegetable fossils 

 under Keeper of Biotany, Murray, p. 4 ; — contro- 

 verted, Woodward, 1064, 1084-1085 ; geologists and 

 fossil plants, Murray, 59 ; — proposed lierbarium for, 

 p. 126 ; Geoi-gell., presentation of the Royal Library, 

 in 1757, p. Ill ; George HI., conditvon of Botanical 

 Denartanent under, p. Ill ; gtft, accessions by. 1891- 

 99, Murray, p. 3 ; glue, not used, Murray, p. 4 ; 

 Godiinan, F. D-, St. Vincent collections. Dyer, p. 87 ; 

 Government collections of dried nilants not now 

 sent, Murray, 172-173 ; — ^Devonshire Commission, 

 recommendations carried out, Murray, 173, 174 ; 

 — fossil plants sent, p. 141 ; ■ — expedition claims, 

 Dyer, p. 85 ; — first set reserved for, p. 141 ; — requisi- 

 tions rare, Murray, p. 3 ; — sets sent thither by the 

 Admiralty, Biehards, p. 147 ; groups of plants geo- 

 graphically arranged, Murray, p. 4 ; — not better 

 than at Kew, Masters, 721 ; guides to collections, 

 Murray, p. 3, 4 ; gum used as an adhesive, Murreiy, 

 p. 4 ; hepatics, arrangement, Murray, p. 4 ; herbaria 

 which should be retained. King, 223-228 ; herbarium, 

 accessibility, Farmer, 821, 822, 824 ; — accessions, 

 Murray, p. 3 ; — arrangement and plants, p. 133 ; 

 — assistants, p. 133 ; — Banks's plants all laid in, p. 

 133 ; — believed to be equal to Kew, p. 133 ; — British 

 plants should be transferred, LMnkester, 1162 ; 

 — Brown's plants only lodged there, p. 133 ; — con- 

 sists of more than dried plants, Carruthers, 609 ; 

 — consulted to compensate for own small collection, 

 Farmer, 817, 820 ; — described, Carruthers, p. 133 ; 

 — dui^licates, their acquisition discouraged, p. 133 ; 

 —for fossil plant study needless, Lankester, 1167, 

 1168 ; — for students, Carruthers, 604 ; — general, 

 should be retained, King, 243, 244 ; — Hooker's views 

 on, p. 128 ; — incorporated during 1891-99, Murray, 

 p. 3 ; — insufficient for cultivators, Elives, 1026 ; 

 — large, but does not obviate visits to Kew, Seward, 

 903, 904 ; — less consulted by palaeontologists than 

 the staff, Murray, 108 ; — might be transferred to 

 Kew, Seward, 883, 930 ; — necessary so long as fossil 

 plants are in the Museum, Carruthers, 588 ; — not 

 consulted by witness, Elwes, 1006, 1029 ; — not open 

 to the public, p. 133 ; — not required, save for fossils, 

 Elwes, 1015 ; — nothing there not found at Kew, 

 Elwes, 1006, 1050 ; —old types in it. Dyer, 1274, 1275, 

 1277 ; — plants from Banks all incorporated, p. 133 ; 

 • — popularisation recommended. King, 266, 268, 278, 



279 ; butaccuracy in naming essential, King,278 ; 



— removal, a calamity, Carruthers, 616, 618 ; — repre- 

 sents a different view than Kew, Carruthers, 573 ; 

 — rules of admission, p. 133 ; — should be kept, but 

 not enlarged, 2Lastcrs, 729 ; — should remain as at 

 present, Carruthers, 566 ; — Sloane herbaria, and 

 their indexing, p. Ill ; — smaller than Kew, 

 Hemsley, 1222, 1227; cf. 1232, 1233; —somnolent 

 once, Murray, 156 ; — staff, p. 133 ; — stronger than 

 Kew in some parts. Murray, 158 ; — students, p. 133 ; 

 — herbarium for, Carruthers, 604 ; — unarranged col- 

 lections, p. 133 ; — use with regard to fossils, Seward, 

 910-915 ; — vegetable productions in Sloane collec- 

 tions, p. 133 ; — visited after Kew, King, 207 ; 

 Masters, 694-698 ; historic herbaria should be with 

 recent plants, Clarke, 308 ; — and be remounted, 

 Clarke, 322 ; — should be transferred to Kew, King, 

 231 ; historic investigations, Murray, 41 ; Hooker, 

 Sir J. D. , fossil plants, p. 4 ; ^letter to the Admiralty 

 as to the Trustees, Dyer, p. 86, 87 ; Hooker, Sir 

 W. J., and J. G. Baker, their "Synopsis filicum," 

 Murray, p. 4 ; horticultural names obtained. Masters, 

 739, 740, 756-758, 760-762 ; Hudson's plants lost sight 

 of, Holmes, 452, p. 173 ; — controverted. Batters, p. 

 179 ; Carruthers, p. 177-179 ; identified, plants always, 

 before incorporation, Murray, 124 ; identification, 

 visitors for, Murray, 18, 26 ; identity of certain col- 

 lections, H-emsley, 1246, 1256 ; inconvenience of visit- 



