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DEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEE ON BOTANICAL WORK : 



-Scott, Dr. Dukinfield Henry, F.E.S., at lalDOratory, Dyer, 

 p. 66 ; botanical interest of fossil plants greater than 

 the geological, 1111-1113 ; — investigator, Kew fossils 

 should be arranged for, 1117 ; botanist himself, 1110 ; 

 British Museum collections known to him, 1105 ; 

 — large number of fossil plants there, 1107 ; — magni- 

 ficent collection of structural specimens, 1129, 1130 ; 

 — — mostly worked up elsewhere, 1130 ; — might 

 retain all the fossil plants, 1137 ; — should keep re- 

 presentative specimens showing external characters, 



1116, 1118 ; and also the bulk of the ordinary 



specimens, 1124 ; division of fossil plants suggested, 

 1114-1120 ; — no very strong reasons for it, 1136, 

 1137 ; exhibition for his students, Murray, 16 ; ex- 

 ternal characters, plants showing these might remain 

 at Cromwell Road, 1116, 1118, 1124 ; — work done 

 by means of them, 1127 ; evidence, 1104-1137 ; fossil 

 jplants specially studied by him, 1104 ; geological in- 

 vestigator, British Museum fossils might be arranged 

 for, 1118 ; ■ — research on fossil plants less than 

 botanical, 1111-1113 ; Kew, collections known to 

 liini, 1105 ; — of fossil plants sni.all in number, 1106, 

 1131 ; — — accidental, 1132, 1134 ; — not repre- 

 sentative, 1131 ; — no attempt there to form a palffio- 

 botanic collection, 1133 ; — presented mostly, 1134 ; 

 — should have the fossil plants, as being the great 

 botanic centre, 1114 ; — specimens showing internal 

 structure should be at Kew, 1116 ; living plants ad- 

 vantageous for comparison with fossil, 1123 ; over- 

 powering reasons for dividing fossil collections 

 absent, 1136, 1137 ; palffiobotanic collection not 

 attempted at Kew, 1133 ; palaeobotany. Dyer, p. 95 ; 

 .Murray, 53 ; paleontology needs external form as 

 well as internal structure, 1125 ; representative 

 specimens only need be transferred to Kew, 1115, 

 1136 ; — the rest of the collection might remain 

 at Cromwell Road, 1121, 1122 ; structural specimens 

 the chief study of witness, 1126 ; students of, 

 Murray, 189 ; transfer of fossil specimens to Kew, 

 not necessary, 1114 ; — if complete would be 

 a loss, 1119, 1121 ; — representative specimens 

 only required, 1115 ; — those showing internal 

 structure should be transferred, 1116 ; — strong 

 Teasons not apparent for transference, 1137 ; use of 

 British Museum collections, Seward, 910 ; Wood- 

 ward, 1066 ; Williamson collection, in the British 

 Museum, 1109 ; — his first study in palseobotany, 

 1108. 



Seaiies-Wood collection. Woodward, 1083. 



Secondary herbarium for Kew, Hiern, 963-966 ; — 

 would be adequate, Hiern, 966. 



Seed distribution at Kew, Dyer, p. 64. 

 Seedling sugar cane, Dyer,-p. 64. 



Seeds and fruits, collections at British Museum, 

 Murray, p. 23 ; Brussels, p. 164 ; Kew, Dyer, p. 94 ; 

 Paris, p. 166, 167 ; St. Petersburg, p. 165 ; Vienna, 

 p. 162. 



Select Committee, report, p. 111. 



Semi-incorporation, Murray, 153. 



Sets of plants, distributed by Kew, Hemsley, 1261 ; in 

 both establishments, Hemsley, 1246, 1257, 1258 ; pub- 

 lished, Murray, 62. 



.Seward, Mr. Albert Charles, P.R.S., amalgamation 



advantageous, 920 ; herbaria only, 930, 932 ; 



botanioal and geological speoimiens should be in the 

 British Museum, 941, 945 ; — ^public cdlleotions might 

 be left, 931 ; botany, fossil, 868 ; British Museum, 

 ■catalogues, dro.wn up by him, 894; — collections to 

 remain, 951, 941, 945 ; — ifossil collection exceed- 

 ingly good, 869 ; —general harbarium does not 

 obviate the need of referring to Kew herbarium, 

 903 ; — reference herbarium needed, 886, ^9, 890 ; 

 essential, 919 ; possibly misleading if im- 

 perfect, 899, 900; — transfer of herbarium only re- 

 ooammended, 930, 932 ; — unity in display of all 

 "branches, important, 928, 929 ; catalogues of fossils 

 in tihe British Museum drawn up by him, 939, 940 ; 

 — Wealden, Murray, 87 ; Woodward, 1079 ; crypto- 

 gams, fossiil, 912 ; — ^own work among the recent, 

 891 ; cycads studded by him, 891 ; dicotyledons not 

 •,iiuch worked at by him, 891 ; difficulty in the study 

 of fossil plants, if tie berfbarium is 'transferred to 

 1£ew, 916-918 ; employed by the Trustees, Murray, 

 :-.V', 51. 52; Woodward, 1079; external characters 

 used m fossil botany, 897 ; evidence, 867-945 ; 

 facilities for study of fossil plants at the British 



Seward, Albert Charles, F.R.S. — continued. 



Museum not very good, 927 ; ferns at Kew known to 

 him, not the flowering plants, 869 ; — in connection 

 with fossil forms, 912 ; fossil botany, special study, 

 868 ; — ^p'lantB, boltando Value greater than their 

 geoilogic, 875, 876 ; — ^British Museum oolleotion ex- 

 ceedingly good, 869 ; ■ — ■ — in the Geological Depart- 

 ment, 872 ; larger proiportion always there than. 



in tiie Botanioal Department, 876 ; state of the 



collections, 881 ; — herbarium at the British Museum 

 used by him, 912, 913 ; — — ^imperfect herbarium 

 would mislead, 890, 900 ; — .living plants pref eraible 

 to dried, for comparison with fossils, 897, 898 ; 

 — recent plants essential for study of fossils, 883, 

 884 ; — sliould go with the recent plants, 877 ; 



the whole collection, 879, 882 ; transferred 



t'o Kew, 885, 921 ; — >tlhi©ir study in the Biitisih 

 Museum difficult, 924 ; geologic use of fossil plants, 

 875 ; geiolcgical and botanical specimens should be 

 in the British Museum, 941, 945 ; — the Getologieai 

 Department without adequate microscopes, ^4 ; 

 geology studied by witness, 874; gymnosperms at 

 Kew, 869 ; — chief work on, 891 ; — collection in the 

 British Museum, 912 ; inconveniences of transfer- 

 ence, 916 ; Jurassic plants studied by him, 892 ; 

 catalogue drawn up by witness, 939 ; Kew, herbarium 

 needs consultation, even after the general hei*barium, 

 British Museum, 903 ; — part of oolleotions not 

 known to hion, 869 ; . library of B'otanical Deuart- 

 ment, BritisJi Museum, excellent, 924 ; living plants 

 when at hand miore useful for comparison with fossils 

 than dried specimens, 897, 898 ; microscopes from 

 Botanioal Department, 924 ; — ^wiahting in Geological 

 Department, 924 ; — ■ — ^might be easily supplied, 

 926 ; imicrioscopioal structure not well preserved in 



mesozoic plants, 896; work referred to, 910, 



911 ; mesozoic plants studied by witness, 892, 894, 

 895 ; — no Late writer on, 914 ; 'monocotyledons not 

 much studied by him, 891 ; palaeobotany considered in 

 the light of amalgamation, 920 : — no official at the 

 British Museum conversant with, 922, 923 ; — work 

 on, Murray, 53 ; palaeozoic plants can be investi- 

 gated anatomically, 896 ; ■ — 'Dr. Scott's work chiefly, 

 910 ; phanerogams at Kew practically unknown to 

 hint, 869 ; — fossil, not within his present range of 

 work, 894 ; — workers on, 915 ; public collections 

 might be left at the British Museum, 931 ; reference 

 henbarium should be retained at the British Museum, 

 886, 889, 890; —essential, 919; -^might be mis- 

 leading if imperfect, 889, 900 ; reserve material for 

 herbarium at the British Museum, 933-935 ; — ^might 

 be supplied from Kew, 936 ; situdy of fossils, diffi- 

 culties at the Britisih Museum, 924 ; transference of 

 herbarium only, recommended, 930, 932 ; types not 

 required for ordinary purposes of coirupanison, 887 ; 

 unity in display of all bnandhes, important, 928, 

 ^9 ;' use of Geological Departmenit, Woodward, 

 1066, 1076 ; viascular cryptogams and gymnosperms 

 in the British Museum, 912 ; Wealden plants studied 

 by witness, 892 ; • — ^his catalogue of them, 939 ; 

 Murray, 87 ; Woodward, 1079 ; Willianuson collec- 

 tion of palaeozoic plants sh'owing internal structure, 

 924; wioik referred to, Scott, 1127. 



Seychelles, flora. Dyer, p. 65. 



Shale, oolitic, fossil plants in, Woodward, 1087. 



Sharks, geologic time of. Woodward, 1103. 



Shaw, Sir E. M., report on fire risks. Dyer, p. 96. - 



Shaw-Lefevre, Right Hon. G. J., opinion as to the 

 Trustees, Dyer, p. 57. 



Sheets, herbarium, normal size. Holmes, 388 ; — not to 

 be cut down, Hemsley, 1216, 1219 ; Hiern, 972 ; — 

 should be remounted, Clarke, 305 ; sizes, at British 

 Museum, Murray, p. 4 ; — at Kew, Dyer, p. 95 ; — of 

 drawings, Dyzr, p. 58, 98. 



Shelves, fixed. Dyer, p. 95 ; ■ — ^movable, Murray, p. 4. 



Shrubs, hand list of. Dyer, p. 58. 



Siehe, W., collections, Hemsley, 1257. 



Sinai survey collections, Dyer, p. 85. 



Sinapis incana, identified at Kew, Holmes, p. 173 ; re- 

 marks on, Murray, p. 178. 



Sintenis, P., collections mentioned, Hemsley, 1257. 



Sizes of sheets, British Museum, Murray, p. 4 ; — a bar 

 to amalgamation, Hiern, 971 ; King, 212 ; — cannot 

 be cut down, Hemsley, 1215, 1231 ; Hiern, 972 ; Kew, 

 Dyer, p. 95 ; Paris, p. 166. 



Sketches, see Drawings. 



