[All Rights Reserved.] 
ROYAL GARDENS, KEW. 
BULLETIN 
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION. 
No. 31.] JULY. [1889. 
GUIDE TO THE BOTANICAL LITERATURE OF THE 
BRITISH EMPIRE. 
The primary object of this compilation is to supply useful information 
on the literature of the systematic, economie, and geogr aphical botan 
of the Possessions, Dependencies, and Protectorates of. the A 
€ Kew is often called upon to answer questions, on the shorte 
notice, concerning the vegetation of some remote part of the world, id 
the best books to consult on. the subject. Such questions are not always 
easily answered, and they frequently entail a eonsiderable expenditure of 
time; hence the idea of preparing a concise guide. A complete biblio- 
graphy was not wanted, for it would only perplex most persons in search 
of the latest or aes exposition of the botany of any given part of the 
Empire. As in most cases where a eei has to be made, it is 
probable bates some é boo ks aud memoirs have been omitted that possess 
claims and merits equal = some of those included. This may be due 
either to inadvertence, or, what is e probable in the Seer of 
instances, to the ‘seule de limiting 1 the selection. 
ON DON 
PRINTED FOR ae Pecge gonial did STATIONERY OFFICE, 
AND SPO 
PRINTERS TO THE QUEEN’S MOST NIONLLENT MAJESTY. 
And to be purchased, either directly or through any Bookseller, from 
EYRE AND» SPOTTISWOODE, East HARDING STREET, FLEET STREET, E.C.: or 
HODGES, FIGGIS, & Co., 104, GRAFTON STREET, DUBLIN, 
1889. 
Price Twopence. 
