INDEX. 



2O5. 



Kew, Royal Botanic Garden.s — continued. 



644 ; sizes of sheets, Dyer, p. 95 ; Henisley, 1231 ; 

 — Britislii Museum sheeU could not be reilucod, Ilcms- 

 ley, 1215, likrn, 972 ; slides, for microscoi>e, no collec- 

 tion, Dyer, 1^. 58 ; Smith, J., foreman, p. 112 ; Smith, 

 J. D., visits to Kew, Dyer, p. 82 ; Somemlle, Prof. 

 W., on Indian Agriculture, Dyer, p. 77 ; South Ken- 

 sington (Victoria and Albert) Museum, Hooker, p. 127 ; 

 space insuthcient, Dyer, 1297, 1298, p. 97 ; special ar- 

 ticles in '■ Kew Bulletin,"' Dyer, p. 80 ; specialisation, 

 as suggested, impracticiible, Dyer, 1557, p. 97 ; spe- 

 cialists, outside, Dyer, p. 94 ; speciality would be ad- 

 vantageous, Farmer, 85B-862 ; species, arrangeiuent in 

 large genera, geographic. Dyer, p. 95 ; specimen, de- 

 lined, Dyer, p. 58 ; Demstey. 12o4-1236 ; specimens, in 

 museums, Dyer, p. 58 ; — not allowed ont, Clarke, 302 ; 

 — prej^aration, and boiling, Dyer, p. 95 ; — rarely lent, 

 Dyer, p. 93 ; — .iransference would be costly, Hooker, 

 p. 127 • spices, information given in museums, Hooker, 

 p. 128 ; staff, p. 141 ; — ^mentioned, p. 140 ; — entire, 

 Dyer, p. 87-93 ; — principal members. Dyer, p. 83 ; 

 — recipi\)cal visits, Jlitnay, 119, 120; — research by. 

 Dyer, 13b9-1373 ; stamping books, unsightly. Dyer, 

 p. 99 ; statement concerning the establishment, p. 58- 

 103 ; Stationery Office, binding, Dyer, p. 98, 99 ; cf. 

 p. 173 ; —publications, Dyer, 1324-1328, p. b7 ; steel 

 for cabinets. Dyer, p. 95 ; Straits Settlements and 

 Kew, Dyer, p. 83 ; structure of plants studied. Dyer, 

 p. 58 ; students, admission, Dyer, p. 64 ; — garden for. 



Dyer, p. 64 ; used. Farmer, 775 ; subsidiary col- 



lecfcioais avoided, Dyer, p. 95 ; sugar, information given 

 in museums, Hooker, p. 128 ; sugar-cane, disease in- 

 vestigated. Dyer, p. 67 ; — ^seedling raised, Dyer, p. 

 64 ; suggestions for Colonial botanic gardens. Dyer, p. 

 75 ; sulphurous acid found in herbarium paper, Dyer, 

 p. 98 ; summary as to relations with the British Mu- 

 seum, Hooker,' p. 129, 130, 145 ; superintendents 

 abroad, trained at Kew, Dyer, p. 64 ; supply of periodi- 

 cals, Dyer, p. 99 ; Surveyor of Office of Works, Dyer, 

 1313 ; sivede, disease in. Dyer, 1310 ; systematic 

 botany, arrangements for, Hooker, p. 141 ; — only 

 place possible for its study, Ehccs, 1008 ; — ^recom- 

 mendation of the Devonshire Commission, Dyer, 1357, 

 p. 97 ; table space inadequate, King, 253, 

 256, 257 ; table cases in museums. Dyer, p. 

 58 ; taxonomic relations of jjlants studied, Dyer, 

 p. 58 ; Taylor, Sir J., report on herbarium building. 

 Dyer, p. 96 ; tea, report on, Dyer, p. 73 ; technical in- 

 formation from City brokers. Dyer, p. 66 ; technique 

 of fossils, Dyer, 1366, 1368 ; Temperate House, com- 

 pletion, Dyer, p. 75 ; teratologioal collection, its his- 

 tory. Masters, 741-743 ; tickets, information on. 

 Honker, p. 127 ; time lost in visiting. Farmer, 818 ; 

 timbers, arrangement, Dyer, p. 82 ; — in Museum, 

 Dyer, p. 58, 94 ; Todmorden Sch.ool Board, duplica/tes 

 sent to. Dyer, p. 66 ; transference of British Museum 

 collections, costly, Bennett, p. 127 ; Masters, 657 ; — de- 

 precated. Dyer, 1286-1290 ; — desirable, Lankester, 

 1138, 1163 ; — if effected, would alter relations of the 

 two establisihments, Seward, 937 ; — proposed in 1858, 

 Dyer, p. 56 ; — •would not assist, Dyer, 1279, 1330 ; 



— of fossil plants deprecated. Woodward, 1068 ; 



reasons not overpowering, Scott, 1136, 1137 ; — to Bri- 

 tish Museum impossible, Elwes, 1021-1023 ; sug- 

 gested, Carruthcrs, p. 137, 173 ; ^would necessitate 



costly building, Lankester, 1151, 1164, 1165 ; travel, 

 books of, in library. Dyer, p. 98 ; travellers, accessions 

 fr:>m, Dyer, 1292-1294 ; — shotw preference for Kew, 

 Fllwes, 1024, 1042 ; trays, moveable, not employed, 

 Dyer, p. 95 ; Treasury, cost of collections, p. 113 ; 



— Comimittee, 1838, p. 112 ; 'mentioned, p. 



139 ; — extension refused. Dyer, 1298, p. 97 ; — 

 Minute, 24th July, 1872, the nearest to a 

 constitution. Dyer,' 1311, 1312, p. 57, 78 ; — 

 —its effects, Dyer, p. 78; — 19tlh April, 1899, 

 Dyer, p. 56 ; — neiw buildings. Dyer, p. 97 ; — ^no inten- 

 tion of moving Keiw herbarium. Dyer, p. 97 ; — rela- 

 tions with Sir J. Banks, Dyer, p. 84 ; tree-fern stems 

 supplied when duplicates. Hooker, p. 120 ; trees and 

 shrubs, hand list, Dyer, p. 58 ; tropical Africa, sug- 

 gestions for its flora, Fawcett, 546, 549 ; Trus- 

 tees of the British Museum, duplicates pre- 

 sented by, Dyer, p.. 98 ; — ^none at Kew, 

 Hooker, p. 128 ; — their peculiar position, 

 Dyer, p. 57 ; types, American, at Kew, Dyer, 

 p. 96, 97 ; — at the British Museum absent from Kew, 

 Mvrray. T7 ; more cryptogams, fewer phanero- 

 gams, Murray, 116 ; — at Kew, Hemsley, 1262 ; 

 — mishit be transferred on certain conditions, Hanhury, 

 F>(y7. 520, 521 ; —needed at Kew, Flwes, 1024 ; King, 

 294 : — of descriptions, p. 128 ; — specimens presented 

 by Glaziou, Dyer, p. 4 ; —term defined, Dyer, 1277 ; 



3409. 



Kew, Royal Botanic (Jardens — continued. 



imarraiiged IJritisli Museum collections should 

 be named at Kew, Hooker, p. 126 ; Under- 

 wood, Prof. L. M., on lire risks at Kew, 

 Dyer, p. 96 ; undigested material would result 

 from union, Dyer, 1286, 1330 ; unique plants 

 should be at Kew, Musters, 729 ; uiwnounted 



material, small, Dyer, p. 94 ; not available for 



cou.S'ultation, Dyer, p. 94 ; unnamed plants quickiy 

 dealt witli, Ball, p. 152 ; University of London exaiiii- 

 nation in Jodrell Laboratory, Dyer, p. 66 ; vascula* 

 cryptogams, living collection unrivalled, Dyer, p. 64 ; 

 Vidal y Soler, Don, collections worked up at Kew, 

 Dyer, p. 81 ; views on, Carruthcrs, 568 ; visitors, an- 

 nual number. Dyer, p. 59 ; to herbarium, Dyer, 



p. 65 ; — Board of, suggested. Hooker, p. 128 ; visits to- 

 the British Museum, Hemsley, 1210, 1212 ; wall-cases 

 in 'museums. Dyer, p. 58 ; \\ alii oh collection desirable,. 

 Dyer, 1359 ; want of space detrimental, Hemsley, 1244 ; 

 water supply in case of lire. Dyer, p. 96, 97 ; Hiern, 

 961 ; Watson, H. C, British herbarium. Dyer, p. 95 ; 

 weeding out, tedious, Dyer, 1237 ; William.son co'llcc- 

 tion of fossil plants, examined by Dr. Scott, Dyer, 

 p. 95 ; — refusal to buy, ll'ondicard, 1068 ; wood-pulp 

 paper blackened, Dyer, p. 94 ; woods in museums, 

 p. 58 ; work accomplished. Dyer, p. 76 ; Hooker, p. 

 118 ; — ^at Kew, more than at tlie British Museum,. 



Hiern, 981, 982 ; ^may be equalised in future, 



Hiern, 982 ; — time spent by witness. Hum, 947. 



Kidston, R., catalogue of Carboniferous plants, Wood- 

 ward, 1079 ; — employed bv the Trustees, Woodward, 

 1079 ; — work in Geological Department, Woodward,. 

 1066. 



King, Sir George, F.R.S., accessibilitv of both estab- 

 lishments, 272-274 ; accessions at larcre. 242 ; amal- 

 gamation at Kew desirable, 204, 205, 219, 266 ; — 

 — ^by cabinets, 240 ; — by coiit:'guous buildings, 

 215, 236-238 ; — by sheets, complete incorporation, 

 236, 259 ; arrangement in both herbaria good, 275, 

 276 ; — .at Kew, Dyer, p. 65 ; Australia, separate 

 herbarium of its flora, at the British Museum, 223, 

 290 ; Botanical Survey of India, Director of, 199 ; 

 botanist, competent, must be left in charge of the- 

 British Museum collections, 283 ; British collec- 

 tions should be left at the British Museum, 221, 

 289, 291 ; British Museum, amalgamation with Kew 

 desirable, 204, 205. 219, 266; — —by cabinets,, 



240; by contiguous buildings, 215, 236, 238; 



— — complete incorporation by sheets, 236, 238 ; 

 —arrangement good, 275, 276 ; — Australian her- 

 barium should be kept as a separate flora, 223, 290 ; 

 — ^botanist in charge of collections must be competent,. 

 283 ; — ^British herbarium should be retained, 221, 

 289, 291 ; — colonies should be represented by 

 separate herbaria, 223, 290 ; — ^duplicates on amal- 

 gamation to be gradually discarded, 259 ; — — sup- 

 ply of same from Kew, 271 ; — ^Europe, its flora, 

 should be shown in a separate herbarium, 225 ; 

 — exhibition to be left at Cromwell Road, 221-223, 

 265-266 ; — facilities which should be afforded to 

 the public, 225, 257 ; — fire, collections presumably 

 safe from, 244 ; — ^fireproof building essential be- 

 fore amalgamation, 244 ; — geographical arrangement 

 proposed, 225, 226, 243 ; — her'bariuin according to- 

 colonies, 223 ; — — British collection to remiain, 

 221 ; — — ^general collection to be transferred to 

 Kew, 210 ; — ^historic herbaria also to be sent to- 

 Kew, 231 ; — ^palseontologists should have provision 

 made for them, 257 ; — pre-Linnean collections- 

 should be transferred, 251 ; — reference herbarium 

 migiiit be supplied from Kew, 271 ; — — to be ac- 

 curately named, 278, 279 ; — reserve of specimens- 

 sent from Kew, 225 ; — Switzerland, representative 



herbarium, 225, 226 ; in natural orders, 230 : 



— — ^would not be costly, 228 ; — ^size of sJieets a. 

 hindrance to complete incorporation, 212 ; — ^sys- 

 tematic arrangicment in the united herbarium, 230 ; 

 — table-space inadequate, 255 : —types should all 

 be transferxed to Kew, 231, 294 ; buildings at Kew 

 inadequate, 242 ; — to be made fireproof, or amal- 

 pramation should not take place, 244 ; Calcutta 

 Botanic Gardens, 199 ; — herbarium building is fire- 

 proof, 246-252 ; change undesirable except to a. 

 fireproof builling, 244; Cindhona in India, J^yer, 

 p. 76; collections at Kew, their richness, 246; 

 colonies, separate herbaria suggested at British- 

 Mu.seum, 223, 290 ; complete herbarium non-exis. 

 tent. 282; 'CryptoErams not Ftudied by him, 261, 

 262 ; duplicates, difficulty of determining, 259 ; 

 — gradual elimimation recommended, 259 ; — supply 



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