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Falconer, Dr. Hugh — continued. 



Carrufhcrs, p. 134; —herbarium, general scope, p. 

 121 ; Kew, collections at, p. 121 ; library an essen- 

 tial adjunct, p. 121 ; superintendent of Sahaiunpore 

 and Calcutta botanic gardens, p. 120. 

 Fashionable studies, Murray, 86. 

 Farlow, Prof. W. G., at Kew, Dyer, p. 66. 

 Farmer, Prof. John Bretland, F.E.S., accessibility of 

 establishments, 769, 818, 832 ; —of their botanic 

 libraries, equal, 807 ; advantages of the educational 

 facilities at the British ]Museum, 779, 780 ; alluded 

 to, Lanl-cstcr, 1173; British Museum, collections 

 used, 819, 820 ; —educational value of, 859 ; —en- 

 largement desirable, 780, 781, 791, 793 ; —facilities, 



775, 777, 778 ; not destructive of research, 855 



S66'; —competition with Kew confined to acquisition 

 of types, 861 ; —consultation easy, 853-857 ; —dupli- 

 cates from, 810; no general system of distri- 

 bution, 811; supply cannot be depended on, 



812, 813 ; —herbarium, nearer than Kew for him, 



759 ; does not greatly differ from Kew, 852, 853 ; 



—library, 805; easily accessible, 807; — refer- 

 ence herbarium would suffice for teaching purposes, 

 783 790 ; — seaweeds, how examined at the British 

 Museum by students, 775, 782, 808, 809, 822 ; — 

 teaching collection and its expansion, 842-844 ; — 

 visits of students, 819, 820 ; Chelsea physic garden 

 used by him, 802 ; colonial work at Kew, 859 ; com- 

 petition! between the British Museum and Kew not 

 very severe, except as regards types, 861 ; complete 

 collections aimed at by both establishments, 848- 

 851 ; cryptogams, how examined, 808, 809. 822 ; divi- 

 sion of function between Kew and the British Mu- 

 seum possible, 859 ; duplicates at British Museum, 

 cannot depend on the supply, 812, 813 ; — no general 

 system of distribution, 811 ; — to Royal College ot 

 Science, 810; — storage at and distribution from 

 Kew possible, 863, 864 ; educational exhibition at 

 British Museum should be enlarged, 7S0, 781, 791, 

 793 ; — sources of enlargement, 792, 795 ; — facilities, 

 775, 777, 778 ; —herbarium at Royal College of 

 Science, 771, 772 ; —views on, 814-818 ; —value of 



British Museum collections, 859 ; if confined to 



that purpose would be retrogressive, 846 ; • not 



destmctive to research, 865, 866 ; evidence, 763-866 ; 

 fluid, specimens so mounted, wanted at the British 

 Museum, 834, 835 ; fossil plants not much studied 

 by him, 796^; — comparison with recent fonns, 801 ; 

 — should be in one series with recent plants, and not 

 remote, 797, 799 ; herbarium, at Royal College of 

 Science, chiefly European, 771 ; — that of the British 

 Museum nearer than Kew, 769 ; Kew, educational 

 facilities at, 775 ; — frequently used, 766, 767 ; — 



need of reference to herbarium, 782, 788, 789 ; 



no difficulty m consulting either collection, 853-857 ; 

 — not unlike British Museum in certain respects, 

 852, 853 ; both establishments visited with students, 

 819, 820 ; librai-y at British Museum, 805 ; —at Kew, 

 806 ; — no difference in accessibility, 807 ; — Royal 

 College of Science library, 804 ; microscope prepara- 

 tions, how far permanent, 838 ; — not advisable to 

 keep a large number, 839 ; morphological collection 

 at Royal College of Science, 828, 829, 831 ; —the pos- 

 sibility of overlapping the British Musenm similar 

 collections, 830, 833 ; museum, if without research, is 

 lifeless, 845 ; overlapping collections, 830, 833 ; re- 

 ference herbarium at the British Museum would suf- 

 fice for teaching purposes, 783, 790 ; research essen- 

 tial in every living collection, 845 ; Royal College of 

 Science, botany taught by him, 763 ; — educational 

 herbarium at, 771, 772 ; — rooms badly lighted for his 

 purposes, 833 ; Royal Botanic Gardens, Regent's 

 Park, hardly used by him, 803 ; seaweeds, how exam- 

 ined at the British Museum, 808, 809, 822 ; —special 

 use, 775, 782 ; students', Murray, 185, 189, 193 ; 

 — herbai-ium for, at the Royal College of Science, 770, 

 816 ; supply of fresh material from gardens, 836 ; 

 — large stock collection not wanted, 837 ; teaching ap- 

 pliances at Royal College of Science, 770 ; —collection 

 there, 826 ; — at British Museum, how it should be 

 expanded, 842-844 ; teratological collection at the 

 Royal College of Surgeons, 840 ; — reported, but not 

 seen by him, 841 ; type-specimens, the only form of 

 competition between British IMuseum and Kew, 861 ; 

 — rarely wanted by students, 785-785. 



Pawcett, William, B.Sc, F.L.S., Africa, flora of tha 



tropccal portion, preferably worked at the Britisih 

 Museum, 545 ; — anethod suggested, 549 ; authentic 

 •specimens not equal to tyjies, 536 ; Berlin, reasons 



Fawcelt. William, B.Sc, F.L.S. — continued. 



:or sending Jamaica plants tKither, 559 ; Brifeh 

 Museum, assistant during five years, 524 ; — general 

 scientitic herV)arium should be there,_ 534 ; — new 

 plants shared between it and Kew, 562 ; — tiiopt.cal 



Africa flora preferably prepared there, 546 ; si;g- 



gested method, 549 ; collections for the two establish- 

 ments are not tlie same, 540 ; — personal regard often 

 a factor, 541 ; co'lonial floras, should be speciajlly 

 worked at Kew, 532, 538 ; — work the strong point 

 of Kew, 527, 534, 550 ; coinpuisoiy allocation ot col- 

 lections not desiirable, 557, 558 ; Continental her- 

 baria have to be visited by monogi'aphers, 544 ; dfivi- 

 sion of collections practicable, 557, 562 ; Edinburgih 

 herbarium should be kept up to date, 542 ; evidence, 

 523-563 ; expense caused by rivalry of the two 

 establislwnents not come under his notice, 563 ; Glas- 

 gow herbarium shouild be kept abreast of the time, 

 542 ; heibariumi, general scient'jfic, should be at the 

 British Museum, 534; Hooker, Sir J. iD., liis "Flora 

 of Bnitish India " requires revision in parts, 531 ; 

 Hooker, Sir W. J., his pupils sent_ him collections, 

 541 ; Jamaica orchids, his special woric, 531 ; — ^plantts 

 sent to Berlin, reasons given, 559 ; Kew, collecitions 

 known to him, 526 ; — colonial floras should be 



preip^ared there, 532, 536 ; work the pitrong point 



of Kew, 527, 534, 550 ; —new plants, shared. 562 ; 

 loss of time in working at two establishments, small, 

 531, 552-554 ; monographs shouid be prepared ait 

 the British Museum, 532, 538 ; monographers must 

 visit Continental herbaria, 544 ; Oxford herbauium 

 should be kept abreast of progress, 542, 544 ; refer- 

 ence collection at tlie Britisih Museum, would not 

 sufiice, 529 ; rivalry beneficial, 529, 530 ; — not caus- 

 ing much extra expense, 537 ; transference of Br'itish 

 Museum herbarium to Kew, deprecated, 528 ; time 

 lost in using two establishments very small, 531, 552- 

 554 ; types, authentic specimens not equal to, 536 ; 

 — ;if removed would much discourage the keeper, 535. 



Fedtschenko, Mme., and her son, at Kew, Dyer, p. 66. 



Fern herbarium at Kew, its value. Dyer, 1305. 



Fern-stems at Paris, p. 168 ; — at Vienna, p. 162. 



Fei-n=ando iNoronha, plants, Dyer, p. 87. 



Fernamdo Po, co'Hecfeions, Dyer, p. 85. 



Ferns, at the British Museum, Murray, p. 4 ; — at 

 Kew, collection known, Seward. 869 ; — hand list 

 of. Dyer, p. 58 ; — fossil, studied, Stewart. 912 ; 

 — Salisburia leaves mistaken for, Woodward, 1087. 



Ferro, pre-Linmean herbarium, Murray, p. 3. 



Fibre plants, in "Kew Bulletin," Dyer, p. 80. 



Fibres, vegetable, at Paais, p. 166. 



Field clubs viJstiting the British iiVluseum, Murray, 6. 



Fielding, Henry Barron, herbariuim wanted for the 

 British Museum, p. 115. 



Figures and drawings at Kew, Dyer, p. 58, 98. 



Fire, danger on amalgamation, Murray, 98, 113, 115 ; 

 — ^regulations at iKew, Dyer, p. 95, 96 ; Elwes, 

 1057 ; Hemsley, ,1239, 1240, 1248-12^1 ; —risks art; 

 Kew, Pyer, p. 95, 96 ; Hemsley, 1239, 1240, 1248- 



1251 ; Hiern, 959 ; King, 244, 284-288 ; a great 



objection to amalgamation, Carruthers, 571, 576 ; 

 — — better appliances for exitinguashing in London, 

 Hiern, 959, 970 ; — — present duplication a safe- 

 guard, Carruthers, p. 140. 



Fireproof buildings, Biutislh Museum secure. King, 

 252 ; Murray, p. 4 ; — essential for the security of 

 the Kew herbarium. King, 244, 284-288 ; — unost 

 import'ant. Holmes, 417 ; ---possible at Kew, Hiern, 

 960. 



FCscher von Waldheim, Dr. Alexander, report on the 

 St. Petersburg herbarium, p. 164-165. 



Flax, differently arranged at Kew and South Kensing- 

 ton, Hooker, p. 127 ; —cited, p. 140. 



Flinders, Capt. M., drawings made during his voyage, 

 p. 116. 



Flora, British, estimates of its extent, p. 137 ; 



sometimes studied exclusively, Mwes, 100.3 ; — of 



British India, Dyer, p. 76 ; specimens marked as 



types. Holmes, 384 ; worked at Kew, Clarke, 327. 



Floras, in " Kew Bulletin," Dyer, p. 79 ; — in prepara- 

 tion. Dyer, p. 98 ; — of Colonies, Dyer, p. 64 ; — ^thos'^ 

 issued from Kew, p. 149 ; — ^types at iKsw, Hemshy, 

 1262. 



