COLONIAL HERBARIUM. 



During the past year, in addition to the ordinary work of the 

 Herbarium, drying and classifying the specimens which have 

 been collected, mounting, entering, and placing in the Cabinets 

 those that have been received, myself and assistants have made 

 steady advance with the work "Natal Plants." Of Volume 2, 

 containing grasses only, the 3rd and 4th Parts concluding the 

 Volume have now been published, and the senior assistant, 

 Miss M. Franks, is now at work at the remainder of the 

 grasses, which will take a large portion of another volume. 

 The remainder may probably be occupied with representative 

 species of the different genera of C^peraceae. Of Vol. IV., 

 which contains miscellaneous plants, the 1st and 2nd parts 

 have been published, and the 3rd part is well in hand. The 

 drawings for it are being made by Miss Dean, the junior 

 assistant. During thf; year the specimens in the Herbarium 

 have been increased from 28,879 in June last to 30,934 at the 

 close of June. Of these, 9,624 are South African, and 21,310 

 foreign. Five new Cabinets were obtained at the commence- 

 ment of the year, and 8 are now on order, bringing the number 

 of Cabinets to 54. Since the date of my last report, specimens 

 have been received as under : — 



H. Bolus, Capetown 

 Royal Gardens, Calcutta 

 Dr. Rosenstock, France 

 Botanic Gardens, Sydney 

 M. Guadagno, Naples 

 M. Mouillefarine, Paris 

 Botanic Gardens, Turin ... 

 M. Lillo, Argentine Republic 

 A. Deflers, Egypt 





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The whole of these were compared with the specimens in the 

 Herbarium, and all that were new to our collection, or better 

 specimens than those we already had, were poisoned, mounted, 

 and placed in the Cabinets. 



