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was dueto his support that the approval and aid of the Legislatures 
-of Cape Colony and Natal was secured for the continuation of 
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John Medley Wood, Esq. A.L.S., the Curator of the beautiful 
Botanic Gardens at Berea, Durban, in the Colony of Natal, and the 
only institution of the kind in South Africa, has investigated t the 
Flora of Natal with conspicuous energy, and has done more than 
any other botanist to reveal its riches. Kew is indebted to him 
for large and invaluable collections. 
he Rev. Leopold Richard Baur has. sent to Kew a large and 
interesting SERE Ud gr Tembuland plants, chiefly from the 
neighbourhood of ; 
aurice S. Evan a Md: . of Durban, has furnished collections 
which, io ig not iaeia large, have proved very rich in 
new speci 
H. G. Phin. d has especially studied the rich local Flora 
of the Kei River Basin. Beaut tifully Stet specimens from 
him have reached Kew chiefly through Mr. 
Ernest E. Galpin, Esq., of Gaitisd vii has put collections rich 
in undescribed species from the Transvaal, Swaziland, and the 
Queenstown district 
Dr. Emi! Holub contributed the entire collection made by him 
during his travels in South Africa between the years 1872 
and 1879. 
William Nelson, Esq., of Johannesburg, has sent an extensive 
d of plants from the Transvaal and adjoining territory. 
v. William Moyle Bipot of Bournemouth, has contri- 
buted a het of plants po various parts of Cape Colony, 
containing several noveltie 
Mrs. Katharine darag has communicated from time to time 
interesting plants from Natal, Zululand, and the Lobombo 
Mountains. 
William Tyson, Esq., of Kokstad, Griqualand kg has sent a 
large and interesting collection of plants from the Eastern districts 
of Cape Colony, Griqualand East, and Pangoni E 
numerous new he ae: es. He is commemorated in the "Boragi neou 
genus, Tyson 
Tt y remains to add that the expense of preparation and 
publication of the present volume has Mes aided by grants from 
the Governments of Cape Colony and Nata 
WoR D. 
Kew, May, 1897. 
DLXXI—HANDLIST OF TENDER MONOCOTY- 
LEDONS. 
This further instalment of the detailed catalogues of the living 
collections in the Royal Gardens was issued in July. The 
following historical account is given in the preon of the history 
of the portion comprised in the present Handlist : 
The scope of the contents, which are somewhat heterogeneous, 
-is dictated in great measure by convenience. It includes large 
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