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DEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEE ON BOTANICAL WORK 



Kew, Royal Botanic Gardens — continued. 



Elwes, 1024, 1042 ; collocation the only possible 



method of amalgamation, Dyer, 1287, 1342, 1343 ; 



• Colonial aspect, Dyer, p. _?l-73 ; — botanic gardens, 



relations, Dyer, p. 83 ; suggestions. Dyer, p. 75 ; 



— establishments, supplied from Kew, Dyer, p. 74 ; 



exchanges, p. 113 ; — floras, Dyer, p. 83 ; drawn 



up at Kew, p. 127 ; — in preparation. Dyer, p. 98 ; 



plants at Kew, Memsley, 1262 ; workers 



on. Dyer, p. 65 ; — work, most important, 

 niern, 083-9^, 993 ; — — impossible without the 



present diertbarium. Dyer, 1308 ; investigated by 



the French Government, Dyer, 67-74 ; speciality 



of Keiw, Fawcett, 527, 534, 550; Colonial Office, 

 advice given, Dyer, p. 73, 76 ; — ^floras started by Sir 

 W. J. Hooker, Dyer, p. 64 ; — ^help asked, Dyer, p. 

 81 ; — ^List, reference to Kew, Dyer, 1317, 1320, p. 

 56, 83 ; — referre<d to, Dyer, 1300-1302 ; Colonies, 

 botanic iinsititutionisiessential, Dyer, p. 57 ; — economio 

 botany for, Dyer, 1267 ; — ^floras of. Dyer, p. 64- ; 

 — predominance of Kew as regards them, Murray, 

 164 ; — reiliaitions with, p. 128 ; comimercial enquiries 



at Kew, Dyer, p. 5'8 ; ifrom Lyons, Dyer, p. 74 ; 



— plants, Dyer, p. 64 ; Cammissioners of Woods, 

 ForesitB, etc., on Kew, p. 99; Committee of Enquiry, 

 1838, p. 112; —1858, p. 118-122; —1860, p. 

 124-126; -H1900-1901, its origin, Dyer, 56; com- 

 parison of herbaria, Bennett, p. 126 ; Carruthas, p. 

 137; Semsley, 1222, 1227; Hooker, p. 126; —of 

 ispeoinien'S, Clarke, 302, 303 ; Dyer, 1344 ; coanpeti- 

 tion. Dyer, 1295 ; Hooker, p. 127 ; Murray, 128, 

 156 ; — d'epre'caited. Masters, 727, 728 ; — injurious, 

 on hearsay, Elwes, 1031, 1032 ; — iaisignificant, Dyer, 

 1296 ; —not desirable, Dyer. 1346-1352 ; —not dis- 

 aidvan'tageous, Farmer, 848^855 ; — not serious, 

 Hemsley, 1255 ; loojnpletion aimed at. Masters, 725- 

 726, 734, 735 ; ooncenitration desirable, Lankester, 

 1163 ; — ^discussed for forty years. Dyer, p. 56 ; 

 — ^impossible of (attainment, Dyer, 1281 ; Coni- 

 f erae, hand dist. Dyer, p. 58 ; — in muiseum'S, Dyer, 

 p. 58, 94 ; constitution never defined, Dyer, p. 57 ; 

 oons-uiltation if necessiary, Hiern, 984, 985 ; conti- 

 nental contributions. Hooker, p. 127; Cook's voyages, 

 plants not at Kew, Dyer, 1274 ; Hemsley, 1209 ; 

 Copenhiagen, specimens borrowed from, Dyer, 1344; 

 correspondence. Dyer, p. 67 ; cost of maintenance 

 not diminisihed by union, Bennett, p. 127 ; Croimwell 

 Road, collections occasionally consulted, Dyer, 1281 ; 

 crowded state of the herbarium, Hemsley, 1241 ; 

 Crown, \K:ew forimierly in possession, p. 113 ; Cryp- 

 togams, comparison of the two collections, Dyer, 

 1305 ; Murray, 117, 162 ; — ^imperfecitly represented 

 at, Murray, 117 ; — in the museumis, Dyer, p. 94 ; 

 — not kniown to witness, blasters, 722 ; — predomi- 

 nance of British Museum, Murray, 168 ; — should be 

 with phanerogams, Groves, 354-357 ; — vasouilar, col- 

 lection of living specimens unrivalled. Dyer, p. 64 ; 

 cultures, Dyer, p. 95 ; — new, Dyer, p. 64 ; Cunning- 

 ham, R., chaxge of herbarium, p. 141; Cuirator, 

 functions, Dyer, p. 59 ; curators for tropical station's 

 trained at Kew, Dyer, p. 64, 76 ; curriculum for 

 garden staflf. Dyer, p. 60-62 ; cultural capabilities of 

 planfis studied, Dyer, p. 58 ; cut plants supplied to 

 Royal School of Art, Dyer, p. 64 ; danger in amalga- 

 m'ation, Murray, 98; Darwin, C.R., cost of com- 

 piling "Index Kewensis" borne by his family, Dyer, 

 p. 76 ; — letter on the Hookerian herbarimn, p. 122 ; 

 ."Decades Kewenses," Dyer, p. 78; deficiencies in 

 library not noiticed, Elives, 1019 ; definition of duties 

 never officially .made, Dyer, 1312 ; dettnonstrations to 

 garden staff, p. 129 ; deprecation of transference, 

 Hanhury, 504^08 ; Derby, Earl of, letter to, from G. 

 Bentharn, on tdae gift of his herbarium and library, 

 p. 102 ; Devonshire Commission, reoommendations 

 hardly workable, Murray. 167-176 ; — ^report quoted, 

 Dyer, p. 57, 97 ; Dicotyledons, in museums, Dyer, p. 

 58, 94 ; — ^tender, hand list of, Dyer, p. 58 ; differ- 

 ence be^tween the two establishments, Bermett, p. 

 126 ; Carruthers, p. 137 ; Dyer, 1274 ; Hooker, p. 

 126 ; difficulty of amalgamation, Dyer, 1286 ; — of 

 consulting two herbaria, Clarke, 302 ; Director, Sir 

 W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, appoiinlted in 1885, Dyer, 1204 ; 

 —Sir J. D. Hooker, his career, p. 150 ; — Sir W. J. 

 Hooker appointed, p. 150 ; — ^reply to memorandum 

 from Offifce of Works, p. 128 ; Director's Office, accom- 

 modation required, Dyer, p. 97 ; disestablishment 

 wnnld result fro'm removal of the herbarium, Dyer, 

 1271 ; distance from London no hindrance, Af asters, 

 673 ; division of collections might be made, Fawcett, 

 557, 562 ; documents destroyed by Aiton, Dyer, p. 

 102 ; drawings of plants, Dyer, p. 58, 98 ; — mad© 



Kew, Royal Botanic Gardens — continued. 



by Bauer, Bennett, p. 116 ; Dyer, p. 98 _; dried plants, 

 sent to Banks, Hemsley, 1220 ; drugs, in " Kew Bul- 

 letin," Dyer, p. 80 ; duplicates, Ball, p. 151 ; Hooker, 

 p. 128 ; — lapplioations for. Hooker, p. 128 ; — de- 

 fined, Murray, 154, 155 ; — difficulty in' dispo'sal, Dyer, 

 1332-1354 ; — ^distribution of. Dyer, p. 66 ; Hooker, 

 p. 128 ; — eliminiation on union, Hemsleu, 1215, 1230, 



1246,1247,1257, 1258 ; gradual process,Zing,259 ;. 



not easy to get, -Farmer, 864; — ^notknownto witness, 

 Elwes, 1039, 1040 ; — practice regarding, Murray, 127 ; 

 —views on, Clarke, 514-317 ; dust, no trouble at Kew, 

 Hooker, p. 129 ; — oibviated by grass and trees, p. 129 ; 

 dust-proof cabinets required, Dyer, p. 95 ; duties of 

 tlie staff, p. 129 ; Dyer, p. 58-59 ; Dyer, Sir W. T. 

 Thiselton-, director since 1885, Dyer, 1264; — letter 

 to Secretary, p. 56-57 ; — memoranduim on Kew, p. 

 58-103 ; East India Company's gifts. Dyer, p. 74 ; 

 economic botany. Dyer, 1267 ; — as regajds the garden 

 staff. Dyer, p. 66 ; — predominant, Murray, 164, 165 ; 

 — products, p. 128 ; economic plants, enquiries, Dyer, 

 p- 64 ; . — supplied from* Kew, Dyer, p. 64 ; — questions, 

 referred from British Museum, Murray, 29 ; — speci- 

 mens in museums, Dyer, p. 58 ; — use of herbarium, 

 Hemsley, 1202 ; educational facilities. Farmer, 774 ; 

 — work at Kew, Dyer, p. 59 ; efi'ect of rivalry, Murray, 

 156 ; Egyptian tomhs, specimens from Dyer, p. 94 ;, 

 Empire, economic botany for. Dyer, 1267 ; employ- 

 ment, limit of time, Dyer, p. 59 ; emulation, advan- 

 tages of. King, 254 ; Enquiries, previous, summary, 

 p. 109-158 ; Enquiiy, 1835, p. 111-112 ; —1847-50, p. 

 113-117 ; —1858, p. 118-122 ; —1860, p. 124-126 ; 

 —1868-69, p. 126-127 ; —1871-74, p. 127-149 ; —1872, 

 p. 149-15'? ; Erysiphaoese, in coUeotions, Dyer, p. 98 ; 

 estimates, annual, Dyer, p. 87 ; evidence, instructionB' 

 regarding his own, Dyer, 1300-1303, , 1321-1323 ; ex- 

 change of periodicals. Dyer, p. 99 ; -^of seeds, Dyer, 

 p. 64 ; exchanges with foreign establishments, p. 128 ; 

 exhibition of vegetable products at the two establish- 

 ments, Bennett, p. 124 ; Bentharn, p. 143 ; expedi- 

 tions, Governm'ent, methods of dealing with. Dyer, 

 1358, p. 57, 65 ; —private, plants from. Dyer, 1244 ; 

 expense of transfer, considerable, Hiern, 967, 968 ; 



Masters, 657, 658, 680, 689 ; ^not great, Elwes,- 



1031 ; — —not justified, Hiern, 969 ; Masters, 658,, 



680 ; should not be considered. King, 213, 232,. 



233 ; the bar to amalgamation, Masters, 657, 



669 ; —would not be diminished on union, Bennett, 

 p. 127 ; extension needed. Dyer, 1298 ; extent of the- 

 establishment, p. 139 ; facilities of access. Dyer, 1282, 

 1341 ; Lankester, 1175 ; fern herbarium, its value, 

 Dyer, 1305 ; ferns, hand list of. Dyer, p. 58 ; — in^ 

 cultivation not used in descriptions, Carruthers, 613 ; 

 fibre-plants, Dyer, p. 64; —in "Kew Bulletin," p. 

 80 ; figures of plants, Dyer, p. 58, 98 ; fire 

 appliances. Dyer, p. 96 ; —danger from, 

 Murray, 98; —precautions, Dyer, p. 95; Hemsley^ 

 1239, 1240, 1248—1252 ; —risk, Dyer, p. 95—97 ; 

 King, 244, 284-288 ; —strict regulations, Elwes, 1058 ; 

 fireproof building much required. Hooker, p. 128 ; 

 —possible, Hiern, 960 ; —time required, Dyer, p. 96,. 

 97; fires not permitted in Herbarium, Hemsley, 

 1248 ; fittings, cost on transference, Murray, 89 ; 

 flaxes, differently arranged at Kew and South 

 Kensington Museums, p. 127 ; —cited p. 140 ; 

 flora of India, distributed duplicates, Dyer, 

 1334 ; floras, colonial, Dyer, p. 83, 98 ; —basis 

 of work on, Dyer, p. 64-65; --in "Kew Bulletin," 

 Dyer, p. 78 ; flowers preserved in oap&ules, Dyer, p. 

 94 ; food grains, in "Kew Bulletin," Dyer, p. 80; 

 foreign botanists as vtsitors, p. 128; Dyer, p. 66; 

 — 'herbaria, duplicates sent to, p. 129 ; Foreign Office, 

 help acknowledged. Dyer, p. 80 ; forestry students^ 

 Dyer, p. 64 ; fossil plants, accddenftal or presented, 

 Scott, 1132-1135 ; —change of, p. 129 ; —could be- 

 accommodated. Dyer, 1306, —few, Dyer, 1360, 1361 

 p. 94, Scoit, 1106, 1131-1135; Seward, 870; —her- 

 barium not wanted for ttheiir study, Lankester, 1142, 

 1167, 1181 ; ^required, Seward, 916 ; — living- 

 plants M^anted for ciomparison. Seacard, 884.. 

 885 ; — ^eed not be removed, Lankester, 1183, 1196 ; 

 —not a speciality, Thomson, p. 132 ; —recent plants 

 required for comp^arison,. Masters, f48-755 ; Seward, 

 884, 885 ; —should be wtth recent planets, Lankester, 

 1146 ; Masters, 748-755 ; Seward, 677 ; —should not 

 be transfewed, p. 126, 127; -studied by Dr. Scott,. 

 Lankester, 1181, 1182 ; -transference recommended, 



Seu-nrd, 885 ; partial transfer suggested, Scott, 



1114, 1119, ,1120 ; fragments preserved in capsules,' 

 Dyer, p. 94 ; Prance, Oolonial Ministry report on Kew 

 Colonial aotivittes, Dyer, p. 67-74 ; fruits, preserved" 



