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British Museum, &c. — continued. 



ing Kew, Groves, 348 ; incorporation, 1753, p. Ill ; 

 incorporation of herbaria desirable, Hicrn, 956 ; 

 — at Cromwell Road, Hiern, 957 ; — more accessible 

 than Kew, Hiern, 958 ; — nearer Linnean herbarium, 

 Hiern, 958, 959 ; —with the geologic and zoologic 

 collections, Hiern, 958 ; — by cabinets only a tem- 

 porary measure, Hiern, 994 ; — by sheets impossible, 

 Hemsley, 1215 ; — in the Kew collections would in- 

 volve immense labour, Murray, 93 ; — of specimens, 

 Murray, p. 3 ; — continuous process, Murray, p. 4 ; 

 instruction of collectors, Murray, p. 3 ; — of the 

 public, botanic collection needed for. Hooker, p. 128 ; 

 — no part of the Museum work, Laiikester, 1152, 1170, 

 1185 ; independent position, Dyer, p. 57 ; Index 

 Museum in the Central Hall, Lankester, 1154, 1183 ; 

 — its history, Murray, 132, 137, 143 ; India, plants 

 from, King, 223, 290, 292 ; —fewer than at Kew, 

 Murray, 74, 77, 157, 161 ; Jaeger, A., and Sauerbeck, 

 arrangement of mosses, Murray, p. 4 ; Jones, J. W. , 

 letters claiming collections, I>yer, p. 85, 86 ; journals 

 and books, Hiern, 961 ; — wanting at Kew, Hiern, 

 962 ; Keeper of Botany, duties, Murray, j). 2 ; 

 — formerly termed Under- Librarian, p. 112 ; — of the 

 Banksian collections, 1835, p. 112 ; — should be a 

 geologist also, Bentham, p. 130 ; Kensington Gore as 

 a site, -p. 122 ; Kew as a competing body. Hooker, p. 

 127 ; — advantages of cessation of rivalry. Hooker, p. 

 127 ; — collections consulted bj' British Museum stafii, 

 Murray, 119, 120 ; — richer than British Museum, 

 Masters, 626-633, 662-664, 683 ; — separate functions 

 desirable. Hooker, p. 128, 140 ; — transference would 

 involve closer connection, Seivard, 937 ; — visits to 

 British Museum from, essential, Hiern, 949 ; — visits 

 to Kew necessary if herbarium is transferred, to name 

 fossils. Farmer, 800 ; Kirk, Sir J., his plants absent, 

 Dyer, p. 85 ; laboratory, methods employed, Murray, 

 p. 4 ; — used for cryptogams, Murray, 145, 146 ; 

 — well equipped, Murray, p. 4 ; laxity of officials not 

 complained of. Masters, 663 ; lectures by officers not 

 desirable. Hooker, p. 129 ; Librarian, Principal, p. 

 Ill ; library at Bloomsbury, Murray, 176 ; — at 

 Cromwell Road, Murray, p. 3, 4. Q. 176, 177, 178 ; 

 —consulted, Clarke, 310, 319, 334 ; Farmer, 805 ; 

 — equally accessible as that at Kew, Farmer, 807 ; 

 — less so. Masters, 676-679 ; — excellent for study, 

 Seward, 924 ; — extent, Murray, p. 4 ; —grant for, 

 Murray, 93 ; — Kew compared, Carruthers, p. 127, 

 135 ; — most valuable, Groves, 362 ; — stop accessioiis 

 on union, Masters, 690, 691 ; Library, Old Royal, p. 

 Ill ; lichens named by Crombie, Holmes, 486 ; — re- 

 arrangement, Murray, p. 4; Lister, Mr. A., myxo- 

 mycetes added by. Dyer, p. 94 ; —arranged by, 

 Murray, p. 4 ; -^Guide to British Species, p. 3 ; loan 

 of specimens not permitted, Murray, p. 4 ; London, 

 best position for herbaria, Groves, 342, 343, 346 ; 

 — British Museum unique, Murray, 141 ; — botanists 

 would regret transference, Hanhury, 511 ; — residents 

 might prefer amalgamation at Cromwell Road, King, 

 272; Lyall, Dr., his plants absent, Dyer, p. 85; 

 maintenance urged, Hanhury, 504, 505 ; Mann, G., 

 plants absent, Dyer, p. 85 ; manuscripts in Depart- 

 ment of Botany, Murray, p. 2 ; Manuscripts and 

 Medals, Department of, p. Ill ; Maskelyne, Nevil 

 Story, evidence, p. 126 ; material unarranged, pro- 

 bably vast. Dyer, 1330 ; Meller, Dr. , plants absent. 

 Dyer, p. 85 ; memorial, 1847, p. 113 ; — 1858, against 

 removal, p. 117 ; microscopes in Botanical Depart- 

 ment, Murray, 80 ; Seward, 924 ; — not in Geological 

 Department, Sevmrd, 924 ; — preparations, Murray, 

 p. 2, Q. 148 ; — provided for workers, Murray, 80 ; 

 Miers, J. , on the herbarium, p. 145 ; mineral collec- 

 tion, Lankester, 1154 ; models exhibited, Murray, 138, 

 139, 149 ; monographers must consult the collections, 

 Murray, 36 ; monographs the basis of arrangement. 

 Masters, 720 ; Murray, p. 4 ; —should be prepared 

 at, Fawcett, 532, 538 ; — used for arranging collec- 

 tions. Masters, 720 ; Montague House, original site, 

 p. Ill ; morphological collections, Carruthers, 590- 

 601; Masters, 705; Murray, 132-137, 143, 151; 

 — much irsed. Masters, 706-708 ; — very useful, 

 Masters, 711-713 ; — work in laboratory, Murray, 146, 

 147 ; mosses, arrangement, Murray, p. 4. ; museum 

 at Kew, a model, Sentham, p. 143 ; Murray, Mr. 

 G. R. M. , evidence, 1-198 ; — statement, p. 2-4, p. 

 178 ; mycetozoa (myxomycetes). arrangement, Mur- 

 ray, p. 4 ; ■ — guide, Murray, 35 ; — gift from A. 

 Lister, Dyer, p. 84 ; naming, erroneous, in herbarium, 

 Hanhury, 512; Holmes, 473. miA<^, p. 173; —re- 



British JMuseum, ifcc. — contimied. 



marks on same, Carrutliers, p. 177-179 ; national 

 herbarium should be at Kew, Hooker, p. 126 ; 

 — denied, Bennett, p. 127 ; Natural and Artiiicial 

 Productions Depai-tment, p. Ill ; natural history col- 

 lections should be kept as a whole, Bennett, p. 127 ; 

 — subject not adequately represented on the Board of 

 Trustees, 1847, p. 113 ; — the Department criticised 

 in 1823, p. Ill ; new plants and naming, Hiern, 989, 

 999 ; Masters, 729 ; New Zealand collections. Dyer, 

 p. 86 ; oecological collections, Murray, 132-137, 143 ; 

 offshoot of Kew, Dyer, p. 85 ; old collections, Hemsley, 

 1207 ; origin of collections, p. Ill ; Owen, Professor 

 R. , on Kew and the British Museum, 151-154, 156- 

 157 ; — his changed views as to transference, j). 126 ; 

 Oxford and Mortimer, Robert Harley, Earl of, see 

 Hurley ; palaeobotanists consult botanic staff, Mur- 

 ray, 108 ; — working in museum., Murray, 53 ; palaeo- 

 botany, no special member of staff for, Seward, 422 ; 

 Woodioard, 1079, 1080 ; palaeontological department 

 a striking success. Dyer, 1366 ; palaeontology at. 

 Hooker, p. 129 ; — recent plants for comparison 

 should be supiolied from Kew, Hooker, p. 129 ; palms, 

 special size and paper for, Murray, p. 4 ; Paris 

 herbarium, not an example for imitation, Murray, 

 156, 198 ; patrolment a safeguard, Murray, 98 ; 

 patronage of Kew and the British Museum com- 

 pared, p. 129 ; pedagogic instruction not its aim, 

 Lankester, 1152, 1170, 1185 ; phanerogams, fossil 

 forms there studied, Seward, 915 ; — ^not better re- 

 presented than at Kew, Masters, 722 ; plants there, 

 absent from Kew, unknown to wiitness, Elwes, 1051 ; 

 — C'Olleotions deprived by Kew, Dyer, p. 85 ; — ^set to 

 be reserved for. Dyer, 1358 ; — divided equallj' by, 

 Fawcett, 562; poison not used, Murray, p. 4; popu- 

 lar exhibitioai, Lankester, 1170, 1172 ; — ^should be re- 

 tained, Ehces, 1034; King, 221-223, 263-266, 268; 



— instruction, Murray, 6-17 ; not the aim of the 



exhibition, Lankester, 1152, 1170, 1185 ; post -Lin- 

 nean collections fused, Murray, 43, 44 ; pre-Linnean 

 collections, Murray, 40, 41 ; — mentioned, Hemsley, 

 1208 ; — systemiatic botany largely founded on tuem, 

 Murray, p. 3; — should be transiferred to Kew, King, 

 231 ; — with British herbarium should be retained, 

 Masters, 648, 654, 655 ; preparing allowance, 

 Murray, p. 3 ; present larrangeiment not bad for 

 science, Masters, 730-732, 734, 737 ; preservative 

 fluids, specimens in, Murray, p. 3 ; Principal 

 Librarian, origin and term, p. Ill ; Printed Book 

 Dejjartment, p. Ill ; — views as to Banksian Library, 

 p. 125, 127 ; Murray, 176 ; printing allowance for 

 catalogues, Murray, p. 3 ; professors not permitted 

 to lecture in the Herbarium Gallery, Murray, 188- 

 191 ; public colleotions for teacliing purposes, Murray, 

 p. 3 ; — trainable, and should be extended, King, 

 363-266, 268 ; —exhibition shcmld be retained, Elwes, 

 1034 ; — galleries should be left. King, 221-223 ; pub- 

 lication, Murray, p. 3 ; purchases, Murraif, p. 3, Q. 

 63 ; — borrowing from other departments. Woodward, 

 1090; — ^sum allawed, Murray, p. 3; Puruae, W., 

 plants absent, Dyer, p. 85 ; pure botany, collections 

 used for, Murray, 6 ; rarely visited by witness. 

 Holmes, 460: recomimendations of Devonshire Com- 

 mission, p. 141 ; reconstruction of cryptogamic her- 

 ibarium, Murray, p. 3 ; reduction of arrears in lay- 

 ing in, Murray, 69-73 ; reference herbarium, King, 

 217-219 ; — ^from its imperfeotions imight mislead, 

 Seward, 899, 90O ; — imigM be returned to Kevv, 

 Hiern, 964 ; —need not be kept, Lankester, 1158 ; 

 — ^should be complete, Seward, 919 : —should be 

 kept, Seward, 883, 886^890; — Mtyi:>es might be ex- 

 cluded, Seward, 888, 889 ; — lunsatisfactory, Car- 

 ruthers, 617 ; — views on, Seward, 919, 920 ; — would 

 not suffice, Carruthers, 578, 617 ; — •wauld probably 

 suffice. Farmer, 783, 790 ; references received from 

 Kew for verification, Carruthers, p. 135 ; remioval 

 from Bloomsbury, Murray, p. 3; — from Cro^mwell 

 Road would be calamitous, Carruthers, 616, 618; re- 

 presentative botanic collection might be retained, 

 Scott, 1121 ; — essential that something should be 

 left, Scott, 1122 ; Report, Deronshire Commission, 

 p. 127-149 : — ^Select Committee of the House of 

 'Com/mans, 1835, p. Ill ; — ^1860, p. 124 ; requisitions 

 rarely miade by Government, Murray, p. 3 ; research, 

 assist^ance to, Murray, 8Z ; -:— by staff, Murray, 121- 

 123 ; — ^essential to vigour of collections. Farmer, 

 845, 865, 866 ; ■ — ^herbarium should be transferred, 

 King, 279; Lankester, 1170;- — ^students, .^iccessi- 

 bility an advantage. Masters, 674; — use, Murray, 

 6, 18-28 ; reserve of specimens. King, 283 ; Sewa/rd, 



