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DEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEE ON BOTANICAL WORK 



FioTver, Sir W. H., action in disagreement between 

 the two 6sta)blisihnients, Dyer, p. 87 ; — ^liis views 

 on the Geologioal Department, Woodward, 1068 ; 

 — on fossil plants transferred from the Botanical 

 Deipartment, Murray, 47-49, p. 4 ; — — contro- 

 verted, Woodivard, 1063, 1064. 1081; —on the 

 Index Museum, Lankester, 1183 ; Murray, 133 ; 

 — ^po'pular instruction encouraged by, Murray, 11, 

 12 ; — teeth arranged for exhibiibion by, Lankester, 

 1152. 



Flowers, preseTved, at Vienna, p. 162. 



Fluid mounited specimens, Farmer, 834. 



Food-grains, in " Kew Bulletin," Dyer, p. 81. 



Forbes, H. 0., New Guinea plants. Dyer, p. 87. 



Foreign botanists at Kew, Dyer, p. 64. 



Foreign Office and Kew, Dyer, p. 64. 



Forest officers for India, Dyer, p. 77 ; — products, at 

 Brussels, p. 164. (See also Timbers, Woods.) 



Forestiy, in India, Dyer, p. 77 ; — ^represented at Kew, 

 Dyer, p. 82-83 ; — students. Dyer, p. 64. 



Formalin, objects preserved in, at Berlin, p. 168 ; — at 

 Vienna, p. 162. 



Forsyth Major, C. I., coUeotion in the Geological De- 

 partment, Woodward, 1066. 



Forster, Edward, his collection the basis of the British 

 herbarium at Cromwell Road, Carruthers, p. 180 ; 

 — ^Hudson's plants, supposed to be missing from, 



Holmes, p. 173 ; — — ^alluded to, Holmes, 451; 



controverted, Batters, p. 179 ; Carruthers, p. 178. 



Foslie, Dr. M., at Kew, Dyer, p. 66. 



Fossil botany, at Kew, Holmes, p. 173; — ^in the Geo- 

 logical Department, British Museum, Woodward, 

 1062 ; — special attention paid to, Seward, 868. 



Fossil plants, at the British Museum, p. 127 ; Woodward, 



1062 ; Broi^Ti's bequest, with conditions, p. 125 ; 



should be transferred to Kew, Holmes, 439, 493 ; 



— — should be with recent jdants at Kew, Seward, 



877, 882, 885 ; should be retained, Ball, p. 132 •, 



Bennett, p. 125 ; Masters, 747-755 ; Lankester, 1180 ; 

 Bussell, p. 126 ; — at Brussels, p. 164 ; — ^at Kew, few, 



p. 119 ; Dyer, p. 94. 95 ; Scivard, 870 ; transferred 



to British Museum, Dyer, p. 95 ; Q. 1358, 1360 ; 

 not wanted, Dyer, 1361 ; might be accommo- 

 dated, Dyer, 1366 ; — -at Paris, p. 166, 167 ; slides 



there, p. 166 ; — at St. Petersburg, p. 165 ; — botanists 

 the chief students. Woodward, 1065-1067 ; — collection 



at the British Museum, Woodward, 1062 ; ex- 



ceedingl}'- good, Seward, 871 ; only place, Carru- 

 thers, 573 ; rich collection, Lankester, 1145 ; —es- 

 sential in a plant collection, Carruthers, 573, 574 ; — 

 for geological purposes. Holmes. 447, cf. p. 173 ; — her- 

 barium, reference herbarium for, Bentham, p. 130 ; 

 Elioes, 1015 ; — —^insufficient., Carruthers, 578, 605 ; 



— — ^but need a complete herbarium of types, 

 Carruthers, 580, 618, 619 ; — ^methods of re- 

 search, Carruthers, 610 ; Dyer. 1368 ; — tmight 

 be more extensively displayed, Sexvard, 942- 

 945 ; — ^proportion in Geological Department small, 

 Lankester, 1142, 1144, 1176 ; —should be concentrated, 

 L,ankester, 1179 ; — stratigraphic geolo,gy requires 

 them, Lankester, 1195, 1196 ; — studied by botanists, 

 Hiern, 975, 976 ; Seward, 910 ; Woodivard. 1065-1067 ; 

 with recent plants, Carruthers, p. 136 ; — ^trans- 

 ferred from Botanical Department, Murray, 47-50 ; 



p. 4 ; Wondtoard, 1063, 1064, 1081 ; ^from Kew, 



Dyer, p. 95 ; Q. 1358, 1360, 1361 ; — usually possess 

 only external characters, Carruthers, 610. 



Foster, Sir Michael, adjudicator of S. Elliot collec- 

 tion, Murray, 129. 



Foundation of the British Museum in 1753, p. 111. 



France, herbarium of, at Paris, p. 166, 167 ; — official' 

 report on Kew, Dyer, p. 67-74. 



Prankland, Sir J., herbarium mentioned. Batters, p. 179. 



Fruit trade, in " Kew Bulletin," Dyer. p. 79. 



Fruits and Seeds, oolleotion at Berlin, p. 169 ; —at the 

 Britisihl Museum, Murray, 56, p. 2, 3 ; — ■ — its arrange- 

 ment, Murray, 57, 58 ; — at Kew, Dyer, p. 94 ; °— 

 — unarranged specimens. Holmes. 430 ; — at Paris, p. 

 165, 167 ; models in •« ax, p. 167 ; — at St. Peters- 

 burg, p. 165 : ^at Vienna, p. 162 ; — m'odels, at 

 Vienna, p. 162 ; — no complete collection in existence, 

 Holmes, 430. 



Functions of Kew never defined, Dyer, p. 57. 



Fungi, models, at the British Museum, Murray, p. 3 ;. 

 — Paris, also in spirit, p. 166. 



Furniture and fittings, Murray, p. 3 ; no reduction O'f 

 cost by amalgamation, Murray, 88-92, 106. 



G. 



Gaboon coUeetion, Dyer, p. 85. 



Galleri.es, exhibition in, explained, Murray, 78 ; — ^sug- 

 gested for herbarium purposes, Clarke, 307. 



Galton, Capt. Douglas Strutt, disadvantages of separa- 

 tion, p. 148 ; evidence, p. l48. 



Gamble, James Sykes, at Kew, Dyer, p. 65. 



Gamopetalaj of Kew Arboretum, hand list, Dyer, p. 58. 



Garden library at Kew, Dyer, p. 58, 59 ; — ^plants not 

 wanted for co^mparison. Groves, o67-359 ; — staff of 

 Kew, Dyer, p. 59, 90-93. 



" Gardeners' Ohronicle," editor of. Masters, 620. 



Gardens, Colonial botanic, suggested regulations for, 

 Dyer, p. 75. 



Gardner, J. S., wotrk in Geologioal Department, Wood- 

 ward, 1066. 



Gaudin, C. T., of Lausanne, work on plants of the oolitic 

 shale. Woodward, 1087. 



Gaj-, Jacques, herbarium at Kew, Dyer, p. 74 ; p. 149. 



Genera, arranged according to monographs, Murray, 

 p. 4 ; large, arranged geographically. Dyer, p. 95 ; 

 types if marked, should be publiclv exhibited, Holmes, 

 421-428. 



" Genera plantarum," Dyer, p. 76. 



General herbarium at the British, Museum, includes all 

 post-Linnean collections, Murray, 45, p. 2 ; — stated 

 to be inferior to Kew, Hooker, p. 126; not ad- 

 mitted, Bennett, p. 126 ; — ^Library at Cromwell Road, 

 Murray, 179, 181. 



Generic detenimination, Dyer, 1369, p. 94. 



Geneva herbarJa visited, Clarke, 335. 



Geographic arrangement suggested By Devonshire Com- 

 mission, Dyer, 1357, p. 97 ; — ^at Kew, Holmes, 409 ; 

 Masters, 666 ; — confined to species, Murray, p. 4 ;. 

 — not employed at tlie British Museum, Masters, 685, 

 687 ; — reconimended, p. 123, p. 141 ; King, 226, 

 243 ; — ^when complete, is useless to students, 

 Holmes, 410. 



Geographical botany, lectures. Dyer, p. 59, 60 ; — pro- 

 gress at Kew, Murray, 170 ; — divisions for genera, 

 Dyer, p. 95. 



Geologic age, fossils used to ascertain, Seward, 875 ; 

 Woodward, 1102 ; — ^investigat'on at the British Mu- 

 seum, Seott, 1118, 1120 ; ■ — apecimens should remain 

 in London, Hooker, p. 126. 'See also Fossil Plants. 



Geological Department, British Museum, account of,. 

 Woodward, 1059-1103 ; — .histoiy, Woodward, 1061, 

 1063 ; — ^possesses all the fossil plants, Seward, 872 ; 

 — transference from Botanical Department, Murray, 

 Q. 47-50, p. 4 ; Seward, 879-881 ; Woodward, 1063, 

 1064, 1081 ; specimens now in, Seward, 881 ; — their 

 number. Woodward, 1063, 1064 ; visits of officers to 

 Botanflcal Department, Hiern, 989 ; would not suffer 

 if transferred to Kew, Lankester, 1139, 1142, 1177. 



Geological Museum, fossils in, Holmes, 441 ; — imdstake- 

 explained, Holmes, p. 173. 



Geological Society of London, fossil plants possessed 

 by, Carruthers, p. 189 ; — 'supposed to possess a col- 

 lection of fossil plants, Holmes, 442. 



Geologists, oannot be distinguished from botanists, as 

 to fossil plants, Woodward, 1055 ; -^herbarium sug- 

 gested for their use, Bentham, p. 130 ; Hooker, p. 

 126 ; — — ^repudiated as useless, Carruthers, 578, 



605 ; ^their needs, Carruthers, 580, 618, 619 ; 



— ^scarcely use the Botanical Department, Woodward, 

 1076 ; — ^U'se fossil plant® less now than formerly,. 

 Murray, 59, 60, 86 ; — avho have used the Department, 

 Woodward, 1066. 



Geology, as a science, may disappear, Woodu-ard, 

 1068; — its wants in recent forms, Woodioard, 1077, 

 1078. 



George H. , old Royal library presented, p. 111. 



George III., condition of the Botanical Department, 

 Brrtish Museum, during his reign, p. 111. 



