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BOTANICAL GALLERY. 
cellular plants. Tlie series closes with an interesting collection 
of models of the larger British Fnngi prepared by Sowerby 
when he was engaged on his work on this group of plants, 
which have been recoloured and mounted in accordance with 
their natural habitats by Mr. Worthington G. Smith. A 
Catalogue of these models has been prepared.* In the table- 
case in this last bay is placed an illustrated collection of the 
British Mycetozoa prepared by Mr. A. Lister and Miss G. 
Lister, to which a Guide has been written by the former.t A 
large chalk-like mass of Diatomaceous earth containing twelve 
billion diatoms is placed in a case by itself near the entrance 
to the gallery. The table-case in the first bay on the left 
contains an exhibition of Insectivorous plants, illustrated with 
models and drawings representing their structure. 
At the end of the gallery the larger specimens of Palms are 
set up against the screen dividing the gallery from the her- 
barium ; and the Cycads, Tree-ferns, etc., are placed in the bays 
next the appropriate wall-cases. Suspended from the roof is 
a fine specimen of the "Wabo" Bamboo (Bcndrocalamtis 
hrandisi) from Burma, 81 feet long. 
British A collection of British Plants is exhibited in f?lazed frames 
Plants 
fastened by hinges to uprights, and placed in the corners of the 
gallery. The classification is that used by Bentham in his 
" Handbook of the British Flora," and his descriptions are 
attached as labels to each plant. Three series of frames contain 
specimens of all the British Vascular Plants. The fourth frame 
is occupied with a complete series of the Mosses, and forms the 
beginning of the exhibition of Cellular Plants. The series is 
continued in the frames on the other side of the gallery con- 
taining the lower Funguses and drawings of the larger 
Funguses by Mr. W. G. Smith. These plants could not be 
dried so as to give a fair idea of their form ; coloured drawings 
have therefore been employed for this part of the series. 
Herbarium. The portion devoted to the use of the scientific student con- 
sists mainly of the great Herbarium of Flowering Plants. This 
is a collection of plants, fastened on single sheets of folio 
♦ " Guide to Sowerby's Models of British Fungi." By W. a. Smith. Price 
fourpence. 
t "Guide to tlie Biiti.sli Mycetozoa." By A. Lister. Price threepence. 
