INDEX. 



187 



British ifuseum, itc- cont timed. 

 933-936 ; —from Kew, Ehtv.v, 1035-1038 ; — .jf teach- 

 ing material, Farnur. 863, 864; IvuUey, H. N., Fer- 

 namlo Noronha collections, Dm i\ \^. 87 ; rivalry, not 

 a stimulus to \York, 2^Lastcrs, 659, 660, 661 ; —with 

 Kew, Murray, 156; — — beneticial, Faurutt, 529, 

 530 ; — — not productive of undue expense, 

 Fawcett, 537, 563 ; Hcmslcij, 1255 ; Royal College 

 of Science, mutual lelations, Murray, 182-187, 

 193, 195, 196 ; —students consult collections, 

 Murray, p. 3; l\oyal Commission, 1847-50, p. 

 113 ; —1871-75, p. 127-149 ; Koyal Veterinary 

 College, students from, Murray, p. 3 ; Saccardo, 

 P. A., arrangement of fungi, Murray, p. 4; 

 St. Vincent collections, Dyer, p. 87 ; salaries and 

 ■wages, Murray, p. 3; saving by amalgamation, 

 Murray, 88, 91, 92, 96, 98-107, 111; Schomburgk, 

 Sir Richard, plants absent, Dyer, p. 85 ; sea weeds, 

 facilities for their study, Farmer, 775, 783, 303 ; 

 Select Committee of the House of Commons, 1835, 

 p. Ill; — 1860, p. 124; selection of plants for Kew, 

 Hiern, 963, 964; semi-incorporation would end in 

 absolute incorporation, Murray, 153 ; sheets, sizes 

 used, Murray, p. 4 ; — ^oould not be cut down, 

 Hemsley, 1215, 1219; Hiern, 972; shelves in 

 cabinets, moveable trays, Murray, p. 4 ; Sinai Survey 

 Exploration, plants ' absent, Dyer, p. 85 ; size 

 of sheets in herbarium, Murray, p. 4 ; — ^a 

 bar to incorporation, Hemsky, 1215 ; Hiern, 

 971, 972 ; King, 212 : Masters, 669 ; —could not be 

 cut down, Hrmsky, 1215, 1219 ; Hiern, 972 ; —differ- 

 ence not known to witness, Hchnes, 393 ; slip-cata- 

 logue of book-titles, Murray, p. 4 ; Sloane, Sir Hans, 

 collections, Murray, p. 2, 3 ; — not damaged by soot 

 or dust, CarruUiers, 616 ; — foundation of the 

 IMusenJii, p. Ill ; — fruits, Murray, p. 2 ; — herbaria, 

 p. Ill ; — should be retained, Benthani, p. 120 ; 



cited, Carrufher.'^, p. 124 ; — their incorporation 



in the general herbarium undesirable, 2Iurray, p. 3 ; 

 soot and dust not found injurious, Carrufhers, 616 ; 

 Sowerby, J., models of fungi, and guide book, 

 2£urray, ]}. 3 ; space acquired by removal, Lankes- 

 fer, 1138 ; — for future growth, Carruthers, p. 173 ; 

 2Iurray, p. 4 ; speciality in two collections possibly 

 advantageous. Farmer, 853-862 ; species in geographic 

 arrangement, 2Iurray, p. 4 ; • — mixed on sheets. 

 Holmes, 473, 477-492 ; specimens, amount for pur- 

 chases, Murray, p. 3 ; — cannot be allowed oiit of the 

 Museum, Garruihers, p. 135 ; Clarhe, 302 ; Murray, 

 p. 4 ; Seward, 877 ; — often better than those at Kew, 

 Clarice, 315 ; — possibly nine-tenths are duplicated at 

 Kew, Elwes, 1030 ; — transfer for examination 

 mostly, Bennrff, p. 127 ; Spliacdaria species mixed on 

 sheets, Hohnes, jj. 173 ; staff, consulted bj^ Kew, 

 Murray, 119, 120 ; — educational functions, Murray, 

 p. 3, Q. 30-32 ; — sjpecimens arranged for, Murray, 

 33, 34 ; Standing Committee of the Trustees, Dyer, p. 

 86 ; statement in reply to interrogatories, Murray, p. 

 2-4 ; Stephani, F., arrangement of hepaticse, Murray, 

 p. 4 ; stratigraphic geology not greatly employed in 

 arrangement. Woodward, 1103 ; — not represented, 

 Lankrster, 1151, 1166, 1193 ; strictures on the 

 Museum, 1823, p. Ill ; structural characters of fossil 

 plants not much studied, Scott, 1129 ; — ^magnificent 

 collection, Scott, 1130 ; students, herbarium for, 

 2Iurray, 130, 131 ; — no provision for, Lankester, 

 1152, 1157, 1171 ; — preparing for B.Sc. examination, 

 Holmes, 468 ; — provision for, Carruthers, 602-604 ; 

 JVoodward, 1095, 1096 ; — regulations for, 2Iurray, 

 129 ; — use of collections, Murray, p. 2, 3 ; study- 

 series, term defined, 2Iurray, 125 ; subsidiary collec- 

 tions, Murray, p. 4 ; summary of previous inquiries, 

 p. 111-157 ; — of Hooker's views, p. 130 ; Switzerland, 

 lierbarium of, Kinq. 225, 226, 228, 230 ; " Synopsis 

 filicum " and " Synopsis hepaticarum " used in ar- 

 rangement, 2Iurray, p. 4 ; systematic botany largely 

 based on pre-Linnean collections, Murray, p. 3 ; 

 table-space insufficient, Kiug, 255 ; Tasmanian collec- 

 tions. Dyer, p. 86 ; teaching collections, 2Iurray, p. 

 3 ; temporary assistance, Murray, 4, 5, 51. 52 ; Wood- 

 ward, 1079 ; teratology, attractive, Masters, 716, 717 ; 

 — not represented. Masters, 714 ; — 'Sthould be. Masters, 

 715 ; timbers, a poor collection. Dyer, p. 82 ; Toynbee 

 Hall, students from, Murray, p. 3 ; tracts in depart- 

 mental library, Murray, p. 4 ; tradition as to collec- 

 tions, Dyer, 1286 ; transactions, in general library, 

 Miirray, p. 4 ; transference of collections to Kew, 

 deprecated, Fawcett, 528 ; — would not help Kew, 

 Dyer, 1279, 1288. 1289 ; —fossil plants, special sugges- 

 tions, Scott, 1114-1118 ; — might be done, provided a 



I'riti.sh Museum, kc— continued. 



good collection were retained, Hanhury, 520, 521; 

 —recommended, Kiny, 210, 220 ; —Trustees formerly 

 noit unwilliaig. Dyer, p. 56 ; — would be costly, Boi- 

 nett, p. 127 ; —transference to British Museum from 

 Kew, Carruthers, 576-578, p. 138, 173; Hiern, 957- 

 959, 965, 964 ; travellers bring living and dried 

 plants, Elwcs, 1024, 1042 ; —instructed how to collect, 

 Murray, p. 3 ; Trustees, catalogues published with 

 their sanction, Seward, 940 ; —deprecate the present 

 Committee, p. 179, 180 ; —employment on African 

 collections, Hiern, 950-953 ; —exchanges need their 

 sanction, 2£urray, 68, 144 ; —guide to mycetozoa 

 issued by, 2Iurruy, 35 ; — nothing resembling the 

 Board, at Kew, Hooker, p. 128 ; — would not be ad- 

 vantageous, Hooker, p. 128 ; — publications by, 

 Murray, 35, 87 ; — Standing ComimLttee of, Dyer, p. 

 86 ; — temporary assistance, 2Iurray, 4, 5 ; Wood- 

 ward, 1079 ; — transference of fossil plants not yet 

 sanctioned by, Murray, 47 ; — willingness to transfer 

 collections. Dyer, p. 56 ; types at, Murray, 36-39, 

 116 ; — ^more than at Kew as regards cryi>togams, 

 Murray, 116 ; — if reanoved Would discourage the 

 'keeper, Fawcett, 535 ; — imighit fbe transferred, pro- 

 vided an authentic series were left, Hauhury, 507, 

 508; — olf early collectors, Hemsley, _ 1213 ; rareiy 

 referred to by studenlts, Farmer, 785-787 ; unarranged 

 collections, probably vast, Dyer, 1330 ; cf. Murray, 

 64-73, p. 4 ; — should be overhauled at Kew, Hooker, 

 p. 126 ; Under-Librarian, terai explained, p. Ill ; 

 c^'hanged to keeper, p. 112 ; unincorporated plants, 

 Murray, 64-66, 69-73 ; union of herbaria advanta- 

 geous, Hiern, 1000 ; — at Kew, rather than not at all, 

 Hiern, 1002, 1003 ;— .preferably at Croanvell Road, 

 Hiern, 1001 ; uaiique specamens should be at Kew, 

 blasters, 729 ; unity o'f callections important, Seward, 

 928, 929 ; — not of any practical -snalue, blasters, 692 ; 

 University Coillege students, Murray, p. 3 ; un- 

 mounted i^pecimens, their mumber, Murray, p._ 4 ; 

 unnamed collections sihould be sent tO' Kew, Bcdl, 

 132 ; vascuLar cryptogams, arrangement, Murray, p. 

 4 ; vegetable kingdom, mi'giht be ilustrated in cases, 

 Lankester, 1158,1159 ; — ^productions in Sloane collec- 

 tions, p. Ill ; ; visitors to the Defpartment of Botany, 

 Carruthers, p. 133 ; Murray, p. 3, Q. 21-28 ; — dimi- 

 nution during rearrangement of cryptogamic herba- 

 rium, 2Iurray, p. 3 ; visits from Kew^ Hemsley, 1206, 

 1209 ; volumes en departmental library, Murray, 

 p. 4 ; waste of time consequent on two establish- 

 ments. King, 207 ; Wealden plant catalogue, 

 Murray, 87 ; West African plants, Hiern. 950 ; Wil- 

 ford, C, plants absent. Dyer, p. 85 ; William III.. 

 MSS. presented, p. Ill ; Williaanson collection, Scott, 

 1108, 1109 ; — ib'ought by arrangement between two 

 departments, IJ'oodward, 1090,_1091 ; — of jjalsBOzoic 

 plants, Seward, 924; Wood, Dr. C. B., plants ab- 

 sent, Dyer, p. 85 ; woods, adiacemt to dried plants, 

 2Iurray, p. 3; — 'number of specimens, Mwrrai/, p. 2 ; 

 work accomplished and in prospect, Hiern, 981, 982 ; 

 — ipossibly hampered by removaJ, Hiern, 947 ; world- 

 wiide colleotLon of fossil plants, Woochvard, 1100 ; 

 worthless speoimiens should fbe discard'ed, Flioes, 

 1014 ; zoo'logieall arrangement of fossils, Woodward, 

 1103 ; Zoological Department adversely criticised in 

 1823 ; p. Ill ; zoology and geology would not suffer 

 by the removal of the botanic collections, Lankester, 

 1139-1142. (See also Bennett, J. J., Brown, B., 

 Carruthers, W., and Murray, G. B. M.) 



British Mycetozoa, guide boot, 2Iurray, 35. 



Britton, N. L., aid as to booiks, Dyer, p. 99. 



Broimfield, Dr. William Arnold, Booiks given to KeTv, 



p. 119. 

 Brokers' produce. Dyer, p. 61. 



Brown, Nicholas Edward, lectures to' gardening staff. 

 Dyer, p. 60. 



Brown, Robert, administration imperfect. Ball, p. 131 ; 

 admission to Banksian depaiiment, n. 115 ; annuity 

 from Sir J. Banks, p. 100, 111, 112 ; appointment, 

 p. Ill, 112, 114 ; —details of pay and leave, p. 116 ; 

 assistance, p. 115 ; assistant, one only, p. T12 ; 

 attendant, none fox several years, p. 115 ; augmenta- 

 tion of collections, p. 112, 114 ; Banks'.? bequest. 

 Dyer, p. 100 ; — terms of, p. 112 ; — ^annuity to 

 Brown, p. Ill, 112 ; — collections acquired by the 

 British Museum, p. 112 ; — ^left to Brown for life, 

 p. 112 ; — library now merged in the Piinted Book 

 Department,- p. 112 ; — ^Trustees negotiated fearing 

 loss by fire, p. 112 ; — use and enjoyment by Brown, 

 p. 112 ; books of reference in department defective. 



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