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DEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEE ON BOTANICAL WORK: 



Elwes, Henry John, F.H.S.—ciinttnued. 



lections of living plants go to Kew, not the same in- 

 ducement for British Museum, 1042 ; — union with 

 Kew, 1010, 1012, 1014 ; Clarke, Mr. C. B., sale of the 

 herbarium of a deceased naturalist, 1031 ; — should be 

 consulted as to the relative riches of British 

 Museum and Kew, 1051 ; collections in public 

 galleries to be left at the British Museum, 

 1011, 1034 ; — two, c-ause a loss of tame 

 and additional trouble, 1008, 1052, 1053 ; collectors 

 are attracted by Kew, 1024, 1042 ; competition in- 

 jurious, 1024 ; — declines to specify cases, 1031, 

 1032 ; dried plants only used by him in default of 

 living ones, 1018 ; duplicates, definition of, 1040 ; 

 — those in the British Miiseum possibly the same as 

 the Kew specimens, 1030 ; entomology more studied 

 by witness than botany, 1017 ; expense of amalgama- 

 tion likely to be great, 1030 ; educational collection 

 of botany in London desirable, 1033 ; evidence, 1004- 

 1058 ; fire regulations at Kew, 1058 ; fireproof, new 

 building should be, 1058 ; fossil plants may require 

 a herbarium, but cannot see its necessity, 1015 ; geo- 

 logists may wish to compare recent plants with fossil, 

 1016 ; garden work needed for the herbarium at Kew, 

 1022 ; herbarium, accommodation at Kew possibly 

 adequate, 1057 ; — comiolete herbarium at the British 

 Museum would not satisfy cultivators, 1026 ; — needed 

 for garden work, 1022 ; — price enhanced by com- 

 petition, 1031 ; — small herbarium is of very little 

 use, 1025 ; horticulturists need living plants for com- 

 parison, 1027, 1029 ; —visit Kew, 1048, 1049 ; 

 but not the British Museum, 1048 ; Kew, ac- 

 cessibility of, 1055 ; — admirably managed, 1019, 



1029 ; — amalgamation desirable, 1008, 1009 ; ■ 



would require several years to eft'ect, 1040, 1041 ; 

 — duplicates at the British Museum, 1030 ; — herba- 

 rium exclusively consulted bj^ him, 1006, 1029, 1050 ; 

 — horticulturists visit it exclusively, 1048, 1049 ; 



— library admirable, 1019 ; should have all 



needed books from the British Museum Departmental 



Library, 1044-1046 ; never found wanting by 



him, 1020 ; — reserve of specimens could be supplied 

 from, 1035-1037 ; — systematic botany can only be 

 properly studied at, 1008 ; — travellers send their col- 

 lections thither, 1042 ; —types should be there, 1024, 

 1051 ; — unique among pulDlic herbaria, 1005 ; library 

 at British Museum should be transfeiTed to Kew, 



1044, 1045 ; books not wanted to be sold, 1046 ; 



— at Kew, admirable, 1019 ; never found wanting 



by him, 1020 ; Lilium, monographed by him, 1004 ; 

 living plants preferable to dried for his own purposes, 

 1018 ; London, an educational collection of botany in, 

 desirable, 1033 ; monocotyledons best studied living, 

 1008, 1022 ; old specimens at the British Museum 

 probably worthless, 1014 ; orchids better studied in 

 the living state, 1022 ; ornithology more studied by 

 him than botany, 1017 ; palms should be studied 

 living, 1022 ; public collections at tha British Museum 

 might be left untouched, 1011, 1034 ; reference 

 herbarium not needed at the British Museum, 1014 ; 

 reserve of specimens for public galleries not required, 

 1035 ; — could be supplied from Kew, 1035-1037 ; 



closer relations needed, 1037, 1038 ; specimens 



at the British Museum, old, pi-obabiy worthless, 

 1014 ; systematic botany can only be properly studied 

 at Kew, 1008 ; travellers bring their collections of 

 living plants to Kew, rather than to the British 

 Museum, 1042 ; trees, better studied living than in 

 the herbarium. 1022 ; two collections cause trouble 

 and loss of time, 1008, 1052, 1053 ; types at the 

 British Museum, Mr. Clarke should be asked about 

 them, 1051 ; should be at Kew, 1024 ; —defini- 

 tion of the term, 1025 ; union of herbaria advocated, 

 1010, 1012, 1014 ; zoology, no necessary connection 

 with botany, 1016. 



Empire, botanic survey of. Dyer, f). 64. 



Emulation may be useful. King, 234. 



Endlicher, S. L. , drawings by, p. 162 ; — his " Genera 



plantarum " includes fossil plants, Carrutliers, p. 136. 

 Engler, Dr. Adolf, his methods worth copying, Murray, 



152 ; — report on Berlin collections, p. 168-169. 

 English Botany, types in the British Herbarium, Car- 

 'ruthers, p. 180 ; — fungi, Sowerby's models, p. 114, 



115 ; guide to the same, Murray, p. 3. 



Epacridaceas, usually unknown to students. Holmes, 418. 



Enquiries, summary of previous, p. 111-158. 



Enquiry, 1858, p. 118-122 ; —1860, p. 124-126 ; —1868- 



1860, jj. 126-127 ; —1871-75, p. 127-149 ; —1872 p 



149 -157. 



" Erebus " and " Terror " collections. Dyer, p. 85, 86. 



Errors in names in the British Museum, Hanhury, 512 ; 

 —by Dr. Dickie, Holmes, 487-490, p. 173. 



Erysiphacese of Kew Herbarium, Dyer, p. 98. 



Esher, Right Hon. Viscount, attitude to museums, 

 Dyer, 1312. 



Estimate of relative sizes of the two herbaria, Hemsley, 

 1222, 1227, cf. 1232-1237. 



Etheridge, R., work in the Geological Department, 

 Woodward, 1066. 



Ettingshausen, Baron C. von, his use of the Geological 

 Department, Woodward, 1066. 



Euphorbias, cannot be shown in herroaria, Holmes, 

 402. 



Europe, representative collection should be at the 

 British Museum, King, 225. 



European, application to the chiefs of foreign herbaria, 

 p. 161 ; • — replies, p. 161-170 ; — ^lierbaria visited, 

 Clarke, 335|; — reports from, Berlin, p. 168-170; 

 —Brussels, p. 164; —Paris, p. 165-168; —St. Pe- 

 tersburg, p. 164-165 ; — ^Vienna, p. 161-164 ; — 

 herbarium formerly owned by Boswell, Hanbury, 

 497 ; — plants needed for comparison with British, 

 Groves, 345, 346 ; — studies of witness confined to 

 them, Hanbury, 515. 



Evidence laid before previous Enquiries. (See En- 

 quiries.) 



Examination by boiling, Dyer,p. 94; Murray, p. 4. 



Exchanges, accessions by, at Berlin, p. 169 ; — at the 

 British Museum, Murray, p. 3 ; — ^at Kew, Dyer, p. 

 74 ; library, Dyer, p. 99 ; — ■ — seeds. Dyer, p. 



64 ; — at St. Petersburg, p. 165 ; — at Vienna, p. 162. 



Excursions, botanic, from Kew, Dyer, p. 59 ; — from 

 Paris, p. 166, 168. 



Exhibition, compared with others in Europe, Murray, 

 149 ; — in the botanical department, p. 114 ; — in 

 the galleries, Murray, 12-14 ; — in the Geological 

 Department, Woodivard, 1095 ; — of species in the 

 public galleries, Seward, 933-936 ; — should be left 

 at Cromwell Road, King, 221, 222. 



Expansion since 1880 of the British Museum, Dyer, 

 1290, 1345; —room for, Murray, 110. 



Expeditions, Government, plants sent to Kew, Dyer, p. 



65 (see also Owen, Prof. B., Richards, Adm., Moss, 

 Sir J. C, p. 154) ; —results. Dyer, 1358. 



Expense, if herbarium is retained in London, Dennett^ 

 p. 127 ; - — of transference to Kew, Hiern, 966 ; 

 Blasters, 657, 680, 658 ; — its cost not great, Elwes, 

 1030 ; — not to be considered, Clarke, 307 ; King, 

 232, 233, 245, 246 ; — scientific results would not 

 justify large outlay, Hiern, 969 ; Masters, 657, 680, 

 658. 



Expenses, annual, at Berlin, p. 169 ; — at the British 

 Museum, Murray, p. 3 ; — at Brussels, p. 164 ; — 

 at Kew, Dyer, p. 90-93 ; — at Paris, p. 166-168 ; — at 

 St. Petersburg, p. 165 ; — at Vienna, p. 162. 



Expert in critical genera wanted, Hanbury, 509, 512. 



Experts in palaeontology at the British Maseum, Dyer, 

 1366. 



Exsicata in book form, p. 166. 



Extension of buildings at Kew urgent, Dyer, 1297, 1298, 

 p. 97, 98. 



External characters of fossil jDlants, Seward, 896 ; — 

 plants displaring them should be left at Cromwell 

 Road, Scutt, ill6, 1124. 



Facilities, for study, ait Berlin, p. 169; — at the' 

 British Museum, Masters, 671; Murray, 79, 80; 



'fossil botany, Seward, 924, 927 ; — at Brussels, 



p. 164 ; — at Kew, Dyer, p. 64 ; Masters, 671 ; — ^at 

 Paris, p. 165-167 ; — at St. Petersburg, p. 165 ; — at 

 Vienna, p. 162 ; — of access, Clarke, 332 ; Dyer, 

 1282, 1341 ; Groves, 350, 353 ; Elwes, 1054 ; King, 

 272-274, 294; Lankester, 1174. 



Falconer, Dr. Hugh, Banksian and other collections 

 known to him, p. 121 ; — -should be kept at the 

 British Museum, p. 121 ; botanic gardens, their 

 scope, p. 120 ; collections should exist in London, 

 p. 121 ; — cited, p. 134, 137 ; dust and soot inju- 

 rious to specimens, p. 121 ; evidence, 120 ; — cited. 



