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DEPABXiVlENTAL COMMITTEE ON BOTAXICAL W(JEK 



JHemsley, "William Bjtting, i\E.S. — continued. 



1244; liist-orical collecuons, should be kept in their 

 present state, 1230 ; incorponatdon prevented by dif- 

 ieremt sizes of sheets, 12i5, 1217-liil9 ; increase of 

 •oolleotions, annual percentage not known, 1263 ; 

 Indian flora, reasons of collections being sent to 

 Kew, 1262 ; keeper of herbarium for two years past, 

 1197, 1198; Kew Herbarium, three times the size of 

 the Britislh M-useum, 1222, 1227; cf. 1252-1233; 

 museums, not under his charge, 1242 ; names _ of 

 plants verified in the herbarium, 1202 ; new build- 

 ings requisite, 1243, 1245 ; numbered collections, 

 duplicates in, 1257, 1258 ; old collections sA, the 

 British Museum, 1207, 1209 ; over-crowded state of 

 -the herbarium, 1221, 1241 ; percentage of increase in 

 -colle^.^tions not known, 1263 ; pre-Ldnnean coUectione 

 mentioned, 1208 ; poirchase of collections, 1252-1256 ; 

 reduction by elimination of duplicates, 1247, 1258 ; 

 reseiarch, herbariuim used for, 1202 ; risk of fire, and 

 precautions, 1240, 1248-1261 ; seeds sent to Kew, 

 1220, 1226; sheets, difference in size, 1215, 1224; 

 sets distributed, 1261 ; sizes of paper at Kew, 1231 ; 

 .-specimens, as understood, 1234-1236 ; — of Banksian 

 oolleotions not at Kew, 1225 ; snirit-lamp, its place 

 in the herbarium, 1248 ; travellers, the most valu- 

 able collectors, 1261 ; types at Kew, 1263 ; uses of 

 the herbaiium, 1201 ; visits to both herbaria, 1210, 

 1212. 



Henfrey, Prof. Arthur, evidence, p. 120 ; cited, 



Carruthers, p. 134, 137 ; — living at Turnham Green, 

 p. 125. 



Henry, Dr. A., Chinese collections, Dyer, 1294. 



Hepaticae, lent. Dyer, p. 93 ; rearrangement of, 

 Murray, p. 4. 



Herbaceous plants, hand list, Dyer, p. 58. 



-Herbaria, article in '' Encyclopaedia Britannica," 

 Holmes, 388, 415, 416 ; — combined, old and new, 

 Clarke, 307 ; — European, application for informa- 

 tion on, p. 161 ; replies, p. 161-170 ; — left by 



will, Cornu, p. 168 ; — of cultivated plants, at Paris, 

 p. 167 ; -—possessed by F. J. Hanbury, 497 ; — 

 travellers', Cornu, p. 168. 



Herbariiim, at Berlin, p. 168-170 ; — at the British 

 Museum, Brown, p. 112, 114 ; Carruihers, p. 156 ; 

 Q. 568-619, p. 173, 180 ; Murray, p. 1-13 ; —at Brus- 

 sels, p. 164 ; —at Kew, Dtjcr, p. 58, 82, 94-99 ; ac- 

 commodation probably adequate, Elwes, 1057 ; cf. 

 Dyer, 1297, 1298 ; Hemsley, 1244, 1245 ; King, 241, 



242 ; ^essential for its present work, Clarke, 



329, 330 ; Dyer, 1316, 1317 ; King, 216, 170, 271, 294 ; 

 extension desirable, Dyer, p. 98 ; — — urgent, 



-King, 241, 242 ; -at Paris, p. 166-168 ; -at St. Peters- 

 burg, p. 164-165 ; — at South Kensington Royal Col- 

 lege of Science, Farmer, 771 ; — at Vienna, p. 161- 

 163 ; — for fossil botany essential, Carruthers, 588 ; 



Murray, 54 ; Seward, 907 ; needless, Lankester, 



1167, 1168 ; — functions. Dyer, p. 64 ; — importance 



•of, Seward, 906, 907 ; — instrument of research, 

 Dyer, p. 97 ; Murray, 129 ; — leaves cannot be detached 

 without injury. Holmes, p. 173 ; • — material worked 

 up, Dyer, p. 82 ; — not consisting of dried plants 

 only, Carruthers, 609 ; — regulations. Dyer, p. 65 ; 

 — requisites for, JBentham, p. 130 ; • — Sloane, p. Ill ; 



alleged neglect and present condition, Brown, 



p. 112, 114 ; Carruthers, p. 136 ; — transference, and 

 change in function, Seward, 908 ; —use by palaeon- 

 tologists, Murray, 53 ; — vote for. Dyer, p. 74. 



'" Herbier du Cours," lecture herbarium at Paris, p. 167. 



Hieracium, British forms known to -niitness, Hanbury, 

 497 ; — critical botanist for the genus wanted, Han- 

 bury, 509. 



Hiern, William Philip, F.L.S., administration after trans- 

 ference, 979*, 983 ; African plants, collection at the 

 British Museum, 950 ; ajnalgamation desirable. 954- 



:958 ; a great advantage, 1000 ; preferably at 



■Cromwell Road, 957, 1001 ; reasons, 978-979* ; 



— more accessible, 958 ; — nearer the Linnean Her- 

 barium, 958 ; — risk of fire less, 959, 970 ; — to take 

 place at Kew, rather than present plan, 1002, 1003 ; 

 appliances for extinguisliing fire at British Museum 

 and Kew, 959, 951 ; at Kew, working. Dyer, p. 65 ; 

 British Museum, its collections not represented at 

 Kew, 948 ; — reference to, 949 ; — witness worked five 

 years in herbarium, 947 ; books at Cromwell Road, 

 961 ; — those wanting at Kew, 962 ; change in ad- 

 ministration requisite on transference, 977 ; collec- 

 tion, geological, should be in the same building, 959, 



Hiern, William Philip — continued. 



988 ; Colonial questions might be referred to the 

 British Museum, if Kew collections were transferred 

 there, 997 ; — if economic, referred to Kew, 998 ; — if 

 of names, referred to wherever the main collection 

 exists, 999 ; — work done at Kew important, and need 

 not be interfered with, 983, 984 ; consultation between 

 British Museum and Kew, 984 ; — ^not likely to arise, 

 985, 986 ; Cryptogams on the border line approaching 

 animals, 988, 990 ; — not much in his work, 991 ; 

 evidence, 946-1003 ; expense of transference would be 

 large, 967 ; — if great might be incommensurate with 

 the advantages, 968, 969 ; fire, appliances for extin- 

 guishing, better in town than elsewhere, 959 ; ■ — risk 

 small at Cromwell Road, 959, 970 ; fireproof building 

 at Kew possible, 960 ; fossil botany requires an inti- 

 mate knowledge of recent plants, 973 ; — has done 

 but little work in it, 988 ; — v/ould rely upon the 

 opinion expressed by Mr. Carruthers, 975, 976 ; geo- 

 logical collections should be in the same building as 

 the recent plants, 959, 988 ; incorporation desirable, 

 954-958 ; — more modes than one are practicable, 992 ; 

 — - — if by cabinets, it would be only a temporary 

 expedient, 994 ; journals at Cromwell Road, 961 ; 

 - — which are wanting at Kew, 962 ; Kew, first went 

 thither on account of its reputation, 949 ; — has 

 worked in its herbarium 85 years, 947 ; Linnean her- 

 barium must be consulted, 958 ; monographer's in- 

 timate knowledge an aid in the study of fossil plants, 

 973 ; naming of plants when new, 987 ; organisation 

 must be changed, if the collections are transferred 

 to Kew, reasons, 977 ; reference herbarium for Kew, 

 964, 965 ; recent plants, the larger the collection the 

 better for the study of fossil plants, 973 ; secondary 

 herbarium for Kew, 964, 965 j — sufficient for its re- 

 quirements, 966 ; selection of plants from Kew for the 

 British Museum, 963 ; size of sheets, the difference an 

 important one, 971, 972 ; — impossible to cut down the 

 British Museum sheets, 972 ; time of staff occupied 

 in the removal from Bloomsbury to Cromwell Road, 



995 ; — might account for diminution of original work, 



996 ; transactions and journals at Cromwell Road, 

 961 ; — those wanting at Kew, 962 ; transference of 

 Kew to British Museum, there would be little need of 

 consultation, 935 ; — to Kew, would be an improve- 

 ment on the -nreseTrt conditions, 977 ; Trustees, em- 

 ployment by, 950, 953 ; union of herbaria, see amal- 

 gamation ; water at Kew available in case of fire, 961 ; 

 West Africa, plants collected from, in British 

 Museum, 950 ; work done at the British Museum 

 small in the past, 928 ; — likely to equal Kew in the 

 future, 928 ; — time was consumed in the removal 

 from Bloomsbury, 995, 996. 



Hind, Dr. W., work in Geological Depiartment, Wood- 

 ward, 1066. 



Hinde, Dr. G. J., visitor to the Geological Department, 

 TVoodicard, 1066. 



Historic collections, Murray, 41 ; — should be trans- 

 ferred to Kew, Clarke, 307 ; King, 231 ; Masters, 675 ; 

 — bait kept as now, Hemsley, 1230. 



Hochreutiner, Dr. G., at Kew, Dyer, p. 66. 



Holland, J. H., at Kew, Dyer, p. 65. 



Holmes, Mr. Edward Morell, F.L.S., access to British 

 Museum herbarium, reasons for resitriction, Carruthers, 

 p. 177-178 ; advantages of proximity of living plants 

 with herbarium, 459; Algse of "Challenger" expedi- 

 tion misnamed, 473 ; — ^by Dr. Dickie, p. 173 ; — com- 

 ments oil, p. 177-178 ; — ^views on a list of the British 

 species, Carruthers, p. 178 ; alteration in naming, 481 ; 

 amalgamation at Kew desirable, 379 ; — by cabinets, 

 unless the British Museum sheetfl are cut down, 394, 

 395 ; — iby selecting all specimens wanting at Kew, 



387 ; — its convenience would justify any expense, 

 413 ; — residue would serve as a reference hierbarium, 

 388, 389 ; authenticated specimens wanted, p. 173 ; 

 authenticity should be vouched for by experts, 475 ; 

 Batters, Mr., his correction of Dr. Dickie's naming, 

 p. 173 ; Bloomsburj', collections consuilted when there, 

 373 ; botany studied by witness professionally, 373 ; 

 British algse, views on a list at the species, CarrutherSy 

 p. 178 ; British Museum, amalgamation at Kew de- 

 sirable, 379 ; ■ ^by incorporation of specimens, 387 ; 



residue for henbarium at Royal College of Science, 



388 ; spedmens required for Kew to be selected, 



383 ; few study the oollectians exhibited, 399 ; 



^less complete collections, than at Kew, 375 ; — 



— instance of one collection lost to sight, 412 ; (reply, 

 Carruthers, p. 178, 179) ; — — ^rarely cansulted by 



