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My annual visits to the Royal Botanical Gardens, near Calcutta, 

 have been of much advantage, more particularly in connection with the 

 strictly botanical portions of this work. In addition to an excellent 

 library, there is the splendid herbarium in which grasses from all parts 

 of India are largely represented. I wish to take this opportunity of 

 expressing my gratitude to Dr. King, the Director, for his generous 

 help on every occasion of my visiting the garden. 



The Saharanpur herbarium now contains a very fair representative 

 collection of Indian grasses. I have myself collected largely in the 

 N.-W. Provinces, in Rajputana, and Bundelkhand. I am also very 

 greatly indebted to many contributors for valuable collections obtained 

 from districts that I have not yet had opportunities of visiting. In 

 this way some very useful collections have recently been procured for 



