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EAST WING. 
Egypt, of Bamboo and Sugar-cane. On the other side of this 
case specimens of Gymnosperms will be found, comprising a 
large plant of Welwitschia from Africa, sections of Araucaria 
from Norfolk Island, of Cedar grown in Chelsea Gardens, and 
stems and sections of several species of Cycadece. The next two 
cases contain specimens of Tree-ferns, among which are a large 
stem of DicJcsonia, clothed with aerial roots, from New Zealand, 
stems of species of Alsophila a,nd Cyathea from various tropical 
regions, and of Hemitelia from South Africa. 
Suspended over the centre cases is a fine specimen of the 
"Wabo" Bamboo (Dendrocalamus Brandisii Munro) from 
Burmah, 81 feet long. At the further end of the gallery are 
specimens of a palm tree from Brazil, with a swollen stem 
(Acrocomia sphaerocarpa Mart.), and of the grass tree of 
Australia {Kingia australis E. Br.), and near them is placed a 
fine section of the White Pine of British Columbia {Abies 
grandis Lindl.). 
British ^ 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. Another stand 
in the gallery, in continuation of this series of British plants, 
contains drawings of the higher fungi by Mr. W. G. Smith. 
These plants could not be dried so as to give a fair idea of their 
form ; faithful coloured drawings have therefore been employed 
for this part of the series. 
Herbarinm. The portion devoted to the use of the scientific student con- 
sists mainly of the great Herbarium. This is a collection of 
plants, fastened on single sheets of folio paper, representing, as 
far as it has been possible to obtain them, first, every species of 
plant living on the earth, and then the distribution of each 
species on the surface of the earth. The various species are 
collected under their respective genera, and these are ar- 
ranged in their Natural Orders ; the whole are systematically 
classified, beginning with the most highly organised (the 
