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side, the two half cases at the end of the gallery, and the first 
case returning towards the door. The Gymnosperms are placed 
in the next case. Then follow the Cryptogams, a case being 
devoted to the higher vascular Orders, and another to the 
cellular plants. The series closes with an interesting collection 
of models of the larger British Fungi 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 there is an illustrated collection of the 
British Mycetozoa prepared by Mr. Arthur Lister and Miss G. 
Lister, to which a Guide has been written by Mr. Lister.f 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. It is in- 
tended to devote the other table-cases to similar exhibitions of 
plant adaptations. 
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 (Bendrocalamus 
Brandisii Munro) from Burmah, 81 feet long. 
British A collection of British Plants is exhibited in glazed 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 Plora,' 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 Fungi and drawings of the larger Fungi by 
♦ 'Guide to Sowcrby's Models of British Fungi.' By W. Smith. Price 
fuui ponce. 
t 'Guid-3 to the Biitisli Mycetozoa,' by A. Lister. Price threepence. 
