﻿Estcourt, 
  and 
  of 
  which 
  I 
  was 
  able 
  to 
  name 
  nearly 
  the 
  whole, 
  

   the 
  specimens 
  being 
  very 
  well 
  prepared. 
  A 
  parcel 
  of 
  plants 
  

   which 
  are 
  being 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  natives 
  in 
  Zululand 
  as 
  food, 
  was 
  

   sent 
  to 
  me 
  by 
  His 
  Excellency 
  Sir 
  Walter 
  Hely-Hatchinson 
  for 
  

   report. 
  Unfortunately 
  they 
  were 
  in 
  very 
  bad 
  condition, 
  and 
  

   some 
  were 
  almost 
  unrecognisable. 
  I 
  was, 
  however, 
  able 
  to 
  

   identify 
  about 
  28 
  of 
  them, 
  and 
  also, 
  though 
  I 
  could 
  not 
  speci- 
  

   fically 
  name 
  the 
  remainder, 
  I 
  was 
  able 
  to 
  feel 
  pretty 
  sure 
  that 
  

   there 
  was 
  really 
  no 
  hurtful 
  plant 
  among 
  them. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  collected 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  at 
  different 
  times, 
  in 
  the 
  

   vicinity 
  of 
  Greytown, 
  Nottingham 
  Road, 
  Drakensberg, 
  Urn- 
  

   hlanga, 
  Lidgetton, 
  Van 
  Reenen, 
  and 
  Mooi 
  River 
  obtaining 
  on 
  

   each 
  occasion 
  numerous 
  specimens 
  for 
  the 
  Herbarium, 
  and 
  for 
  

   distribution. 
  The 
  journey 
  to 
  Drakensberg 
  beyond 
  Van 
  

   Reenen, 
  with 
  a 
  wagon 
  was, 
  however, 
  an 
  unfortunate 
  one, 
  as 
  I 
  

   was 
  ill 
  with 
  dengue 
  fever 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  time, 
  and 
  was 
  able 
  to 
  do 
  

   but 
  very 
  little 
  work. 
  In 
  spite 
  of 
  this 
  I 
  managed 
  to 
  secure 
  a 
  

   number 
  of 
  rare 
  plants, 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  that 
  are, 
  I 
  believe, 
  new 
  to 
  

   science, 
  some 
  of 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  already 
  described 
  for 
  our 
  

   new 
  publication. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  received 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  specimens 
  as 
  under 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Messrs. 
  Eli 
  Lilly 
  & 
  Co., 
  United 
  States 
  of 
  America 
  190 
  

  

  Royal 
  Botanic 
  Gardens, 
  Edinburgh 
  ... 
  .. 
  45 
  L 
  

  

  Royal 
  Botanic 
  Gardens, 
  Calcutta 
  ... 
  ... 
  142 
  

  

  B. 
  Carcuejo, 
  Oporto 
  ... 
  ... 
  ... 
  ... 
  100 
  

  

  Imperial 
  Botfmic 
  Gardens, 
  Berlin 
  ... 
  ... 
  250 
  

  

  Imperial 
  Botanic 
  Gardens, 
  St. 
  Petersburg 
  ... 
  100 
  

  

  J. 
  C. 
  Melville, 
  Manchester 
  128 
  

  

  H. 
  Agner, 
  Stockholm 
  62 
  

  

  L. 
  Cockayne, 
  New 
  Zealand 
  ... 
  ... 
  ... 
  98 
  

  

  1,521 
  

  

  And 
  I 
  have 
  sent 
  away 
  specimens 
  of 
  Natal 
  plants 
  in 
  exchange 
  

   as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  U.S. 
  Government 
  Herbarium, 
  Washington 
  ... 
  114 
  

  

  W. 
  Trelease, 
  Botanic 
  Gardens, 
  Missouri 
  ... 
  136 
  

  

  S. 
  M. 
  Tracy, 
  Mississippi 
  Experiment 
  Station 
  ... 
  104 
  

  

  Royal 
  Botanic 
  Gardens, 
  Edinburgh 
  ... 
  .. 
  LI 
  1 
  

  

  J. 
  C. 
  Melville, 
  F.L.S., 
  Manchester 
  100 
  

  

  Baron 
  F. 
  von 
  Mueller, 
  late 
  Government 
  Botan- 
  

   ist, 
  Melbourne 
  ... 
  ... 
  ... 
  ... 
  104 
  

  

  Botanic 
  Gardens, 
  Saharunpur 
  ... 
  ... 
  ... 
  100 
  

  

  L 
  Cockayne, 
  New 
  Zealand 
  ... 
  ... 
  ... 
  106 
  

  

  N. 
  Holtze, 
  Port 
  Darwin, 
  Australia 
  ... 
  ... 
  79 
  

  

  J. 
  Fowler, 
  F.L.S., 
  Canada 
  79 
  

  

  