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: E Anew "Roue for Firmy Furns has í jd best aito. on ide ion i 
= ofthe large Fernery (No. jw and the plants removed from the old hou: 
| (No. 3), which is to be aced by one more suitably adapted pes 1 
ilm 
PS 
14 feet, with a central path and two eases running E = length of th 
aay The Cooper-Forster collection is now inco ted with the 
w plants, the whole. ape an exceptionally rich acer of these 
Jaits little ferns, 













is pollection worthily Apenes the large and interesting set of 
bamboo products from various tropical countries pedido shown i in. 
the classified eotlsnrian 4 in Museum No. II. 
Another interesting though temporary addition to Museum NC | 
isa framed set of arge "photograp hs representing views. of tro 
nd and phia in the Island of Quant s taken by R.V. Sherring, 
F.L.S., whilst investigating the Cryptogamie Flora of that Island. o 
.. West Indian Exploration Committee of the Royal Society and Bi 
Association. Mr. Sherring has deposited the oleh on k 
short time. —— 

ManoGany iN Fisi: Seeds of the valuable Mahogany tree have been 
distributed from Kew to all parts of the world. One of the late: 
recipients was the Colony of Fiji. Ina letter receiv i Mee the Curato 
of the Botanical Station at Suva in March tated, that ' 

= l A very waaka Govresmnin [UN 
Fiunt 
: collection, one of whic 1 
4 The "following additional 
tapaig 8 n h Been. forwarded to this establishmen: 
^ ditovaes M Ms. Charles ‘Curtis, Assistant-Superintendent of due 
and Forest Department, Straits. Cp: in a letter dated Pei 
mad 3rd, 1892; Vert P et pe poen to the ee Islands, 







