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DEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEE ON BOTANICAL WORK: 



Dyer, Sir William Turner Thiselton-, K.C.M.G., F.R.S. 

 — continued. 

 in " Kew Bulletin," p. 81 ; Duncannon, Viscount, 

 and others, letter to tlie Treasury, p. 99 ; duplilcates, 

 distribution difficulties, 1237, 1332, 1534 ; -nfroin 

 museums, p. 97 ; East India CJompan/s herbarium, 

 p. 74, 76 ; economic aspects of Kew, p. 64 ; — botany, 

 lierbaiium as its centre, 1270 ; — list of plants sup- 

 plying products, 60-62, 69 ; education, horticultural, 

 1267 ; Egyptian tombs, specimens from, p. 94 ; en- 

 quiry, its nature hardly realised, 1256 ; enseigne- 

 ment, 60-64, 69; "Erebus" and ' Terror" collec- 

 tions, J). 85-87 ; Erysiphacese, monograph, p. 98 ; 

 evidence, 1264-1373, p. 55-108 ; — its limitations, 

 1300, 1302, 1303, 1321-1323 ; exchanges, accessions 

 ifrom, p. 74 ; — ^notes of Milhe-Poutingon, p. 70 ; 

 — of publications, p-. 99 ; expeditions, c<Jl&ctions from, 

 1294 ; p. 83 ; — sent to Kew, p. t)5 ; extension 

 of herbarrltim collections not indefinite, p. 74 ; ex- 

 tract from letter, citing A.L.P.P._ de Candolle, 

 p. 180 ; facility of access, 1282, 1341 ; fern 

 iierbarium, its value, 1305 ; ferns, hand list of, 

 p. 58 ; fibre-plants, in " Kew Bulletin," p. 80 ; — Go- 

 vernment requisitions, p. 64 ; figures in library, p. 

 58 ; fire precautions, p. 95-97 ; floras, in '" Kew 

 Bulletin," p. 79 ; — ^plan of colonial, with list, p. 64 ; 

 food-grains in "Kew Bulletin," £• 81 ; Foreign 

 Office, relations with Kew, p. 64 ; forestry in 

 Kew museums, p. 82, 83 ; fossil plants, de- 

 velopment from matrix, 1368 ; —few and special 

 at Kew, p. 94 ; — afresh material for com- 

 parison, 1366 ; — room to accommodate them, 1366 ; 

 — sent to the British Museum, 1353, 1359, 1350 ; 

 — 'tlieir want not felt, 1360 ; France, report on Kew 

 for the Government, p. 67-74 ; — 'study of Kew, p. 74 ; 

 fruit trade in "Kew Bulletin," p. 79 ; functions of the 

 ±loyal Botanic Gardens, 1267 ; — report of Milhe- 

 Poutingon, p. 71-74 ; fungi, value of Berkeley her- 

 barium, 1305 ; fungus-cultures in laiboratory, p. 95 ; 

 Gamopetalae of Arboretum, hand list, p. 58; garden 

 library, p. 58, 59 ; gardeners, instruction for, 59, 60 ; 

 gardening staff, school for, p. 59 ; Gay, J., her- 

 barium, p. 74 ; genera, arrangem.ent of species when 

 large, p. 95 ; Genera plantarum, herbarium arranged 

 according to, p. 76 ; geographical botany, lectures, 

 p. 60, 69 ; —divisions for herbarium arrangement, p. 

 '95 ; gift, accessions by, p. 74 ; Glaziou. A., plants 

 from, p. 82 ; gluing of specimens, reasons assigned, 

 p. 94 ; Government estimation of economrcal work at 

 Kew, p. 81 ; — exjDeditions, p. 65 ; — no assistance in 

 physiological botany, 1364 ; • — offices in regard to 

 economic questions, p. 64 ; — ^posts filled by Kew men 

 ~p. 64 ; grant, annual, for herbarium and museums, 

 p. 58 ; guides to museums, p. 58 ; gymnosperms in 

 museums, p. 58, 94 ; hand lists of collections, p. 58 ; 

 Hariot, P., statement as to Leveille's herbarium, p. 

 98 ; HarrLS, Dr. J. K., lectures, p. 60 ; herbaceous 

 plants, hand list to, p. 58 ; herb^arium. Brown's trans- 

 ier of one, formerly at Kew, to tTie British Museum, 

 p. 85 ; — ^building, p. 75 ; — Oandolle's testimony, 

 p. 180 ; — centre of activity, 1257 ; — collections 

 elaborated, p. 82 ; • — contents, p. 53 ; — difference of 

 British Museum, 1274 ; — keeper^and staff, duties of, 

 p. 58, 59 ; — Milhe-Poutingon's report, p. 68 ; 

 — Shaw's report as to risk of fire and appliances, p. 

 95 ; herbarium and libraa-y, functions, p. 64 ; her- 

 barium and m.useums, vote, p. 74 ; historic value of 

 British I\Iu?eum herbarium, 1277, 1306 ; Hongkong 

 flora, p. 65 ; Hooker, Sir J. D. , Bauer's drawings, p. 

 101 ; ■ — collection of fossils, 73. 95 ; — correspondence 

 with the British Museum, p. 86. 87 ; — editor of 

 '■ Botanical Magazine," p. 98 ; — ^Inclian collection, p. 

 76 ; Hooker, Sir W. J., his library, p. 98 ; — on 

 Colonial floras, p. 64 ; horticultural press, p- 59 ; 

 horticulture, herbarium a centre, 1270 ; — in " Kew 

 Bulletin," p. 80 ; housing insufficient, 1297, 1298 ; 

 —of two establishments, and relative cost, 1329 ; 

 Hutchins, D. E., on museums, p. 82, 83 ; Ibbetson, 

 Hon. W. D. C. J., on Indian agriculture, p. 77, 78 ; 

 Icones plantarum, issue, etc., p. 98 ; identification 

 of plants, p. 64 ; indefinite extension not desired, 

 p. '74 ; Index Kewensis, p. 63, 76 ; India, connections 

 with Kew, p. 76 ; — posts filled by Kew men, p. 64 ; 

 India Office, p. 64 ; — assistant in herbarium, p. 59, 

 ^5 : — no authority to speak on behalf of, 1300-1303 ; 

 India and Colonies, floras, p. 98 ; —help from Kew, 

 1316 ; indiarubber plants, p. 64 ; Indian agriculture, 

 p. 77, 78 ; — flora, all important collections at Kew. 

 1273, 1277 ; instruction at Kew, Milhe-Poutingon's 

 repoi"fc, p. 69 ; instructions as to own evidence, 

 1300, 1302^ 1303, 1321- 1323 ; interrogatories, p. 

 55, 56 ; — ^reply, p. 58-103 ; investigations in 



Dyer, Sir William Turner Thiselton-, K.C.M.G., F.ll.S 

 — -continued. 

 Jodrell Laboratory,_ p. 95 ; — list of papers 

 resulting, p. 174-1/V ; iron or steel for caoinets, 

 p. 95 ; Isaac, A., introduction of an enquirer, 

 p. 74 ; isolation of herbarium, p. 97 ; J odrell, 

 T. J. Phillips, Laboratory, p. 75 ; Jodrell Labora- 

 tory, duties of lion, keeper and staff, p. 59 ; — list of 

 papers of work done, p. 174-177 ; — private muni- 

 ficence, its origin, 1362-1364; Jones, J. W., corre- 

 spondence, p. 86 ; keeper, four, answering to that 

 term, p. 58-59 ; — curator, p. 59 ; — herbarium and 

 library, with staff', p. 58 ; — Jodrell Laboratory 

 (Hon.), and staff, p. 59 ; — museums and north 

 gallery, and staff, p. 59 ; Kew, a convenient 

 abbreviation, p. 58 ; — board suggested for, p. 

 57 ; — direotorship off'ered to G. Bentham, etc., 

 p. 102-103 ; —short list of staff, p. 33 ; 

 "Kew Bulletin," p. 67; — exchanges, p. 99; 

 — Stationeiy Office, p. 67 ; — summary of ten years, 

 p. 78-81 ; Kew Gardeners' jMutual Improvement 

 Society, p. 62; Kew Guild, p. 63; King, Sir G., 

 plants sent, p. 82 ; — on Indian agriculture, p. 7 a ; 

 Kirk, Sir J. , rubber trade in East Africa, p. 76 ; 

 KnatchbuU, Sir E., cnarge of Banks's papers, p. 101 ; 

 laboratory, 1362-1365 ; — bibliography, p. 1V4-177 ; 

 — built by private munificence, p. 7b ; — investiga- 

 tions, p. 95 ; — Milhe-Poutingon on, p. 69 ; — regula- 

 tions, p. 66 ; — school of science at, p. fc6 ; work 

 done in, p. 174-177 ; lectures to gardeners, p. 59, 60 ; 

 letter, covering reply to interrogatories, p. 56-57 ; 

 — regarding CandoUe's testimony, p. 180 ; Leveille, 

 J. H., specimens, p. 98 ; libraries, Milhe-Poutingon 

 on, p. 69 ; library, contents and extent, p. 58, 98 ; 

 lichens, saxicolous, how kept, p. 94 ; lightning, pre- 

 cautions against, p. 96 ; Lincoln papers belonging to 

 Banks, p. 101 ; Lindley, Dr. J., orchid type collec- 

 tion, p. 95 ; — report on Kew mentioned, p. 99 ; 

 Linnean Society, "SVallich's collection belonging to, 

 1339 ; Lister, A. , types lent to, p. 94 ; living collec- 

 tions, p. 58, 59, 83 ; — arranged according to cultural 

 requirements, p. 95 ; loan of specimens unsatisfac- 

 tory, p. 94 ; Loher, Dr. A., Philippine herbarium, 

 p. 82 ; London School Board, supplied, p. 64 ; 

 Lyons, student from, p. 74; Maiden, J. H., letter, 

 p. 74 ; maps in museums, p. 58 ; Mauritius and Sey- 

 chelles flora, p. 65 ; memorandum put in, 1263 ; 

 Menissier, A. , account of Kew, p. 60-64 ; microscope 

 slides, no collection, p. 58 ; JMilhe-Poutingon, A. , 

 report to French Government, p. 67-74 ; Mint and 

 coinage papers of Banks, p. 101 ; miscellaneous notes 

 in Kew Bulletin, p. 81 ; models in museums, p. 58 ; 

 Maloney, Sir C. A. , rubber trade, p. 76 ; Monoco- 

 tyledons, arboretum, hand list, p. 58 ; — in museums, 

 p. 58, 94 ; — tender, hand list, p. 58 ; monographers, 

 consult many herbaria, 1275 ; — specimens not lent 

 to, p. 93 ; Morris, Dr. D., director of botanic stations, 

 p. 76 ; — West Indies Commission, p. 73 ; museums, 

 p. 58, 94 ; — additions, p. 75 ; — an adjunct to the 

 herbarium, p. 66 ; — appreciation of, p. 82 ; 

 — arrangement, geographic and taxonomic, p. 95 ; 

 — keeper, duties and staff, p. 59 ; — iMilhe- 

 Poutingon on, p. 69 ; — ^pressure in, p. 97, 98 ; 



annexe applied for, p. 98 ; — specimens;, in 



dispute, 1312 ; Myxomycetes, types lent to A. 

 Lister, p. 94 ; naming plants, for the public, 

 p. 64 ; New York, museum buildings mentioned, 

 p. 96 ; Xew Zealand, flora, p. 65 ; North Gallery, p. 

 58, 75 ; North, Miss Marianne, notice of, p. 58 ; 

 notice as to use of herbarium, p. 94 ; objections to 

 amalgamation, 1286 ; Office of Works, nature of en- 

 quiry hardly realised, 1266 ; official publication of 

 researches not desirable, 1373 ; oils, plants yielding, 

 Government requisitions, p. 64 ; orchids, hand-list, p. 

 58 ; —in " Kew Bulletin," p. 79 ; — Lindley's type col- 

 lection, p. 95 ; organisation, sufficient at present, 

 1316 : outfit supplied to travellers. 1293 ; Owen, Sir 

 P., views as to Kew, p. 57; Oxford University Press, 

 and Index Kewensis, p. 76 ; Pacific, types from the, 

 at the British Museum, 1275 ; palfeontological depart- 

 ment, 1366 ; palaeontology, best at South Kensington, 

 1361 ; — study by Dr. Scott, p. 95 ; palaeozoic plants, 

 p. 95 ; papers resulting from, work in the JorlreU 

 Laboratory, p. 174-177 ; Para rubber plants at Kew, 

 64 ; Paris collectons, desirajble, 1283, 1338 ; Peck, 

 C. H. Eiysiphacese at Kew, p. 98 ; periodicals, how 

 a<-quired, p. 99 ; Philippine Islands flora, p. 82 ; 

 Phillips, J., bequest by Sir J. Banks, p. 100 ; pho- 

 tographs in museums, p. 58 ; physiological botanv, 

 provision due to nrivalte muri'ficence, 1364. 1365 ; 

 Pierre, L. , visits to Kew, p. 82 ; plant diseases in "Kev 

 Bulletin," p. 80 ; plants yielding fibre and rubber, 



