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DEPARTMENTAJi COMMITTEE ON BOTANICAL WORK: 



Palms, at K&w, Dyer, p. 83 ; — at Paris, p. 166 ; — ^ab 

 Vienna, p. 162 ; — ^best studied living, Elwes, 1022 ; 

 — size of sheets for, at Britisih Museum, Murray, p. 4 ; 

 a.t Kew, Dyer, p. 95. 



Panizzi (afterwards Sir), Aintonjio, evidence, 1850, alluded 

 to, p. 117 ; — ^1860, p. 125 ; extent of Botanical Depant- 

 merut, p. 125 ; libna-ry, approximate cost of forming a 

 new totanic, p. 125. 



Para rubber for India, Dyer, p. 64. 



Parliamentary Enquiry, see Souse of Commons. 



Paris, Exhibition, colleot:'ons shown. Dyer, p. 76 ; Jar- 

 din des plantes, — advantageous to possess tliose collec- 

 tions, Dyer, 1338 ; — applieaition for information, p. 

 161 ; — botanic professors at. Brown, p. 117 ; cf. p. 

 147 ; — oollections utilised. Dyer, 1281 ; — herbaria, p. 

 166-168 ; — 'no duplicate collections, Carruthers, p. 135 ; 

 — ^not to be copied, Murray, 156 ; — ^reply, with re- 

 port, Cornu, p. 165-168 ; — separation of cryptogams 

 from phanerogams, disastrous, Murray, 198 ; — • 

 special organisation, Cornu, p. 165. 



Parker, Dr. G. W. , at Kew, Dyer, p. 65. 



Patrolment of the British Museum, Murray, 98. 



Paxton (afterwards Sir), Joseph, survey of Kew Gar- 

 dens, p. 112. 



Peck, C. H., types of E>rysiph,aceiB at Kew, Dyer, p. 98. 



Percentage of increase of Kew coU&citions, not kno'wn, 

 Hemsley, 1263. 



Periodical publications, haw procured. Dyer, p. 98. 



Personal opinion, unofficial, Lanhester, 1152. 



Petivcr, J., iherbarium mentioned. Batters, p. 179. 



Pfeiffer von Wellheim, F., slides pi'epaired by, p. 162. 



Phanerogams, at Kew, not practically known to witness, 

 Seward, 869 ; — rich collection, Masters, 683 ; at 

 Paris, p. 166 ; evidence confined to, King, 261 ; 

 fossils, studied by Mr. C. Reid, Seward, 915 ; not 

 fwi/fchdn his Tange of work, Seward, 894 ; probab-ly not 

 h&bt&v ait the British Museum than at Kew, Masters, 

 722. 



Pharmaceutical Society's herbarium, how specimens are 



inoQirp orated, Holmes, 388. 



Philippine Islands, botany. Dyer, p. 82., 



Phillips, John, a legatee under Banks's codicil, p. 100. 



Phillips, Prof. Jolhn, ifossil fruits from Purbeck, p. 122. 



Photographis ishown at Kew, Dyer, p. 58. 



Physics and chemistry, lectures. Dyer, p. 59, 60. 



PhysiiolO'gieal botany, provided att Kew 'by private munifi- 

 cence. Dyer, 1362-1365 ; — sihould 'be provided for, p. 

 141. 



Phy'Siology, professor of, at Paris, p. 166. 



Pictures, of botanists, at Kew, Dyer, p. 58 ; — of plants 

 in North Gallery, Dyer, p. 58. 



Pierre, L., at Kew, Dyer, p. 82. 



Piper, duplicates in large genera such as, not desirable, 

 EMlmes, 384. 



Pittoni, herbarium at Vienna, p. 162. 



Plant-diseases, in "Kew Bulletin," Dyer, p. 80; plant- 

 portraits in Museums, Dyer, p. 58. 



Plants, examined by Hooker or Brown, Murray, 154 ; 

 for bot-anic stations, Dyer, p. 76 ; from unnamed col- 

 lections, Murray, 152 ; identification by the public, 

 Murray, 18-20 ; importers of, referred tC' Kew, 

 Murray, 29 ; named or verified at Kew, Dyer, p. 64 ; 

 Hemsley, 1202, 1204 ; purchased. Dyer, p. 87. 



Plowman, Mr. E. P. , on cost of binding at Kew, p. 173, 

 174. 



Plunket, Hon. D. R., statement concerning the "Kew 

 Bulletin," D^/er, p. 78, 79. 



Poeppig, E. F., draiwings at Vienna, .p. 162. 



Pohl, J. E., drawings at Vienna, p. 162. 



Poison far specimC'ns, I>!/cr, p. 94 ; — Iblackenui'g of sheets 

 produced 'by, Dyer, p. 94 ; —not employed, Murray, 

 p. 4. 



Poission, E. , 'at Kei^v, Dyer, p. 66 ; — study of Kew organ- 

 isation, Dyer, p. 74. 



Pollen, best studied in gardens. Holmes, p. 173. 



PolypetaL-E of Kew Arboretum, hand list, Dyer, p. 58. 



Ponsonby, Rt. Hon. John William, 4th Earl of Bess- 

 borough, see Duncannon. 



Popular collections should be at thie British Museumy.. 

 King, 223, 224, 227, 263-269 ; Masters, 648-656 ; ex- 

 hibiltion, Lankester, 1170 ; instruction at the British.- 

 Museum, Murray, 6-16, 30-32 ; — at Kew, none direct,. 

 Dyer, p. 59 ; muiseumis, p. 123. 



Popularisation of labels not attempted. Woodward, 1097. 



Portfo'lios of drawings. Dyer, p. 58, .98. 



Portraits at Kew, Dyer, p. 58. 



Position of specimens of fossil p'lamts at 'the Britisli ■ 

 Museum, Seward, 923. 



Post-Linnean collections all in the general herbarium, . 

 Murray, 42. 



Prain, Dr. D. , at Kew, Dyer, p. 65. 



Precautions against fire, Dyer, p. 96 ; Hemsley, 1239, 

 1240. 



Preece, Sir W. , lighJtning conductor fixed, Dyer, p. 96. 



Pre-Linnean, collecitions mentioned, Hemsley, 1208 ; 

 herbaria always consulted, M«r raj/, 40 ; should be left 

 at t'he British Museum, Bentham, p. 130 ; Carruthers, 

 p. 137 ; Masters, bV7 • — sihlould go to Kew, Holmes,. 

 411, 412 ; King, 231 ; — systemaltic ibota'Ujy largely 

 based on, Murray, p. 3 ; — used seldom, 'bv witness, . 

 Groves, 344. 



Preparing, co'st at Berlin, p. 169 ; 'at the British 

 Museum, Murray, p. 3 ; at Paris, p. 168 ; — not 

 diminished by union, Murray, 104. 



Prescott, J. D., herbarium could not be bought for the^ 

 British Museum, p. 115. 



Present state considered satisfactory, Masters, 680-682. 



Preservative fluids, plants in, Murray, p. 2. 



Primrose, Sir H. W., his dislike of museums, Dyer^ 

 1312. 



Principal Librarian, correspondence as to collections, . 

 Dyer, p. 86 ; origin of the title, p. 111. 



Printed Books, Department of, p. 111. 



Printing allowance for catalogues, Murray, p. 3. 



Prints and drawings at Kew, Dyer, p. 98. 



Proceedings of the Linnean Society, quoted, p. 101, 102. 



Products, vegetable, in the Sloane herbaria, p. 111. 



Proteaceae, leaf-characters not trustworthy, p. 136 ; not 

 known to students. Holmes, 418. 



Protectorates, Kew work for, dependent on the her- 

 barium. Dyer, 1308. 



Psilotum, students desirous of seeing a specimen,.. 

 Holmes, 397. 



Public collections at the British Museum, Sexoard, 931- 

 936 ; for teaching, Murray, p, 2, 3. 



Publication of researches by staff. Dyer, 1372. 



Publications, official. Dyer, p. 98 ; Murray, p. 3. 



Pulteney, Dr. R., herbarium mentioned, Batters, p. 179. 



Purchase, accessions by, at Berlin, p. 169 ; — British 



Museum, Murray, p. 3 ; fluctuations, Murray, 



62 ; —Brussels, p. 164 ; —Kew, Dyer, 1291, p. 74, 87, 



88; ^books. Dyer, -p. 87, 99; competition 



small Hemsley, 1254-1256; -Par's, p. 167, 168; 

 — St. Petersburg, p. 165 ; — Vienna, p. 162 ; saving 

 on amalgamation would be trifling, Murray, 101. 



Purdie, W., collections. Dyer, p. 85. 



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Quartin-Dillon, R., plants at Paris, p. 168. 

 Queensland, sugar-cane in. Dyer, p. 64. 



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Rabenhorst, L., exsiccata at Paris, p. 166. 



Radstock coalfield, plants in the Geological Depart- 

 ment, Woodward, 1097. 



Ray, John, his " Historia plantarum" as an index to 

 the Sloane herbarium, p. 111. 



Rearrangement of relations consequent on amalgama- 

 tion, Seward, 937. 



Recent plants, difficulties arising from, their removal, 

 Seward, 916-918 ; — relations with fossil plants, . 

 Lankester, 1149 ; — should be together, Seward, 877. 



