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DEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEE ON BOTANICAL WORK : 



l£ew, Royal Botanic Gardens — continued. 



150 ; — Jodrell Laboratory, p. 174-177 ; living collec- 

 tions, Dyer, p. 58, 59 ; — plants advantageous for 

 comparison with fossil, Scott, 1123 ; — requisite for 

 stuay, Elwes, 1022 ; — — arrangement according to 

 cultural requirements, Dyer, p. 95 ; loan of speci- 

 mens, Dyer, p. 93 ; Hooker, p. 128 ; Loher, Dr., her- 

 barium. Dyer, p. 81 ; London botanists would regret 

 transference, Hanbury, 511 ; Lord Steward's de- 

 partment and Kew, p. 113 ; loss of time in visiting, 

 Farmer, 818 ; Madagascar supplies now stopped, 

 Dyer, 1352; Maiden, J. H., letter, Dyer, p. 74; 

 manufactured articles chiefly at South Kensington, 

 Rooker, p. 127 ; maps in museum, Dyer, p. 58 ; Mas- 

 kelyne, A. ,S., on Kew as a scientific resort, p. 126 ; 

 material on amalgamation, Dyer, 128b, 1330 ; ilala- 

 yan collections, King, 207 , medallions of botanists, 

 Dyer, p. 58 ; memorial, 1873, Dyer, 1357 ; p. 97, 146- 

 147 ; memorandum. Dyer, p. 58-103 ; — on Kew pre- 

 vious to 1841, p. 141 ; M^nissier, A., report on work 

 in the gardens. Dyer, p. 60-64 ; microscope slides, no 

 collection, Dyer, p. 58 ; Milhe-Poutingon, A. , report 

 on Kew, Dyer, p. 67-74 ; models in the museum, 

 Dyer, p. 58; Moloney, Sir C. A., rubber trade of 

 West Africa, Dyer, p. 76 ; monocotyledons in 

 arboretum. Dyer, p. 58 ; — in museums, 

 Dyer, p. 58, 94; — ttender, hand list of. Dyer, 

 p. 58 ; monografihers require all available material, 

 Dyer, 1275 ; monographs drawn up at Kew, 

 Hooker, p. 127, 128 ; Morris, Dr. D., appointed Com- 

 missioner of Agriculture, West Indies, Dyer, p. 76 ; 

 museums, p. 119 ; — cited, 139, 149 ; Dyer, p. 58, 

 59 ; Owen, p. 153 ; — arrangements. Dyer, p. 58 ; 

 Hooker, p. 127 ; — contents. Dyer, p. 94 : — example 

 for the British Museum, Bentham, p. 143 ; — exten- 

 sion needed, Dyer, p. 75 ; — functions, Dyer, p. 66 ; 

 Hooker, p. 127, 128 ; — library. Dyer, p. 58 ; — not 

 fireproof. Dyer, p. 95-97 ; — objections at OfHce of 

 W-'orks, Dyer, 1312 ; — probably unique, Dyer, p. 82 ; 

 — report on. Dyer, p. 69 ; — space required. Dyer, p. 

 97, 98 ; — use and function. Hooker, p. 127, 128 ; 

 — views, Capt. Galton's, p. 148 ; mycologic research. 

 Dyer, p. 66 ; myxomycetes, types lent, Dyer, p. 94 ; 

 names, attached to plants not vouched for by Alton, 

 p. 112 ; — verified in herbarium, Hemsley, 1202 ; 

 naming plants, Dyer, p. 64 ; national herbarium 

 should be at Kew, Hooker, p. 126 ; — statement de- 

 nied, Bennett, p. 126 ; natural orders, partly fol- 

 lowed, Masters, 684 ; naturalists' societies, Hooker, 

 p. 128 ; necessary reference, Seward, 903, 904, 916 ; 

 need of a collection, Murray, 194 ; new plants sent 

 to, Faiccett, 562 ; Masters, 729 ; — should be sent to, 

 King, 271 ; New South Whales, consignment of plants 

 to, p. 113 ; nomenclature. Dyer, p. 58 ; North Gal- 

 lery, Dyer, p. 58 ; — when built, Dyer, p. 75 ; notice 

 as to use of collections, Dyer, p. 94 ; number of 

 plants in cultivation, p. 139 ; numbered collections, 

 Hemsley, 1257 ; object of collections. Dyer, p. 

 58 ; Office of Works, at Kew, Dyer, 1311- 

 1315 ; official information tendered. Dyer, 1266, 1303, 

 1321 ; oils and plants yielding oils. Dyer, p. 64 ; 

 orchids, hand-list, Dyer, p. 58; — in "Kew Bul- 

 letin," Dyer, p. "ZS ; organisation sufficient, Dyer, 

 1316, 1317 ; organism as a whole, Dyer, 1272 ; origin 

 and history. Dyer, p. 67 ; Ov\'en, Prof. R., transfer- 

 ence of collections, p. 126, 151-154, 156-157 ; palaeo- 

 botany, views on. Dyer, 1367 ; palaeontologic collec- 

 tion should be in London, Hooker, p. 128 ; — depart- 

 ment, its success. Dyer, 1366 ; palaeontology, studied 

 by Dr. Scott, Dyer, p. 95 ; palaeozoic fossils need 

 fresh material for comparison. Dyer, 1366 ; palms, 

 rich collection, Dyer, p. 83 ; paper blackened by 

 action of poison, Dyer, p. 94 ; Para rubber. Dyer, p. 

 64 ; Paris, borrowed specimens from, DyiT, 1344 ; 

 — Madagascar collections now a monopoly, Dyer, 

 1352 ; — referred to occasionally. Dyer, 1281 ; 

 — would be convenient to possess collections. Dyer, 

 1283, 1338 ; patrolment wanting, Murray, 98 ; 

 patronage at two establishments compared. Hooker, 

 p. 129 ; phanerogams and conifers, richer than at 

 British Museum, Masters,6BZ, 722 ; Philippine IsIancJ 

 collections, Dyer, p. 81 ; photographs in museums, 

 Dyer, p. 58 ; physiological botany, means for study 

 due to private munificence. Dyer, 1362-1365 ; per- 

 centage of annual increase unknown, Hrmslry, 1263 ; 

 periodicals, sources of supply. Dyer. p. 99 ; pictures 

 of botanists. Dyer, p. 58 ; Pierre, M. L., visits to 

 Kew, Dyer. p. 82 ; pilfering, gluing down a pre- 

 ventative, Dyer, p. 94 ; plant diseases, in " Kew Bul- 

 letin," Dyer, p. 80 ; plant names verified, Hrmsley, 



Kew, Eoyal Botanic Gardens — continued. 



1202 ; plants, from gardens, not used by witness,. 

 Graves, 368, 569 ; — purcnased. Dyer, p. ui ; 

 — studied m every aspect. Dyer, p. 5b ; puisumng of 

 specimens. Dyer, 94; Poisson, Ji., museums sm^ied 

 for the French Government, Dyer, p. 74 ; i^olypetalsfr 

 of arboretum, hand-list. Dyer, p. 58 ; popui;,.r in- 

 struction. Dyer, 1267, p. 58, 59 ; portfolios oi draw- 

 ings. Dyer, p. 58 ; portraits in museums, Dyer, p. 

 58 ; precautions against fire, Dyer, p. 95-97 ; neias- 

 ley, 1239, 1240, 1248-1252; Preece, bir W., lightning 

 conductor fixed, Dyer, p. 96 ; pre-Linnean herbaria 

 should be transferred, King, 231 ; present arrange- 

 ments satisfactory. Masters, 680, 681, 731, 733, 737 ; 

 prints and drawings. Dyer, p. 98 ; properties of 

 plants studied. Dyer, p. 58 ; protectorates, work done 

 for, Dyer, 1308 ; public lectures not desirable, 

 Hooker, p. 129 ; publication of researches. Dyer, 

 1372 ; — an official record deprecated. Dyer, 1373 ; 

 publications. Dyer,, p. 69, 98 ; Hooker, p. 127, 150 ; 

 — relations with the Stationery Office, Dyer, 1324- 

 1328, p. 67 ; purchase of collections, Hemsley, 1252 ; 

 — of plants. Dyer, p. 74, 87 ; — of periodicals, Dyer, 

 p. 99 ; purchases, difierence between the two estab- 

 lishments. Dyer, p. 97 ; quasi-official recognition, by 

 Colonial Office, Dyer, 1319, 1320, p. 56 ; records de- 

 stroyed by Alton, Dyer, p. 102 ; redundancy not 

 large. Dyer, p. 95 ; reference herbarium, explained. 

 King, 217-219 ; — might suffice to name living plants, 

 Carruthers, 578 ; references for verification brought 

 from, Carruthers, p. 135 ; refusal to buy Williamson 

 collections. Woodward, 1068 ; regulations for use of 

 herbarium and library, Dyer, p. 65, 94 ; 

 — for superintendents of colonial botanic 

 gardens, Dyer, p. 75 ; relations with the 

 British Museum, Dyer, p. 57 ; — the Office of 

 Works, Dyer, 1312 ; remounting collections needed on 

 amalgamation, Clarke, 311, 322 ; replies to questions, 

 p. 56-103 ; report of Devonshire Commission, p. 141 ; 



—Treasury Committee, 1838, p. 112 ; referred to,. 



133, 139 ; responsibility for ail supplies to the British 

 Museum recommended, Hooker, p. 129 ; research, by 

 the staff, Dyer, 1369 ; — herbarium an instrument for. 

 Dyer, 1267, p. 97 ; Hemsley. 1203, 1204 ; King, 277 ; 

 Masters, 624, 625 ; -material ior,Dyer, p. 64 ; -should 

 be done at Kew, Lankester, 1170 ; researches, left to- 

 the staff to publish ; Dyer, 1373 ; reserve of specimens 

 might be supplied to the British Museum, EJues, 1035- 

 1038 ; Farmer, 863 ; King, 283 ; resources, ample. 

 Dyer, 1280, 1347-1351 ; restriction of accessions. Dyer, 

 p. 74 ; revision of museums, Dyer, p. 97 ; Ripon, Mar- 

 quess of, on Colonial work of Kew, p. 73, 76 ; rivalry 

 with the Briitish, Museum, beneficial, Faurdf, 529, 

 530 ; -not causing undue expense, Fawcett, 537, 563 ; 

 — not stimulating, Masters, 659, 660 ; Royal Botanic- 

 Gardens, Kew, abbreviiation employed. Dyer, p. 58 ; 

 Royal Gard'ens, Ketw, title deprecated, Dyer, 1267, 

 1268 ; Royal Geographical Society, instruction given to- 

 travellers^ Dyer, p. 66 ; — ^library, recourse had to. 

 Dyer, p. 98 ; "Royal School of Art, 'cut plants supplied. 

 Dyer, p. 64 ; Royal Society, recourse to its library, 

 Dyer, p. 98 ; ruibber plants, Dyer, p. 64 ; —in culti- 

 vation. Dyer, p. 81 ; — in "Kew Bulletin," Dyer. p. 

 80 ; — ^trade in Africa, Dyer. 76 ; rupture of relations 

 with the British Museum, Dyer, p. 87 ; Rusby, Dr. 

 H. H.. on Keiw fire risks, Dyer, p. 97 ; — visits to 

 Kew, Dyer, p. 82 ; Russell, G., on transference of col- 

 lections,' p. 126 ; salaries. Hooker, p. 127, 141 ; — lower 

 than at the British Museum, Dyer, p. 59 ; Salmon. 

 E. S., work on Erysiphaceaj, Dyer, p. 98 ; saving on 

 amialgamation, Murray, 93, 96-107 ; _ saxicolous 

 Lichens, Dyer, p. 94 ; science, difficulty in obtaining 

 funds for, Dyer, 1307 ; Science School in the Laibora- 

 tory. Dyer. p'. 66 ; scientific work, Dyer, 1313 ; Hooker, 

 p. 127 ; School Board for London, specimens supplied. 

 Dyer, p. 64 ; schools, duplicates sent to. Dyer, p. 66 ; 

 seeds, annual distribution, Dyer, p. 64 ; — in Banks's 

 time, Hemsley ; 1220, 1226 ; selection of plants for the 

 British Museum, Hiern, 963, 964; Shaw, Sir E. M., 

 report on fire risks. Dyer, p. 96 ; Shaw-Lefevre, Rieht 

 Hon. G. J., opinion on responsiMlity at the British 

 Museum, Dyer, p. 95 ; sheet-iron for cabinets. Dyer, 

 95 ; sheets, herbarium, Dyer, p. 58 ; —sizes. Dyer, 

 95 ; smaller than asb the British Museum, Hemsley, 

 1215 ; Hiern, 971 ; —of drawings. Dyer, p. 58 ; shelves 

 in cabinets, fixed, Dyer, p. 95 ; shrulbs and trees, hand 

 list, Dyer, p. 58 ; Sinapis identified. Holmes, p. 173 ; 

 size of sheets, a bar to incorporation, Hemsley, 1216^ 

 1217, 1219 ; Hiern, 971, 972 ; King 212 ; Masters,. 



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