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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 6

Botanical Publications

Botanical Publications

prepared, in connexion with the work of the Herbarium.

Bentley and Trimen's "Medicinal Plants," containing numerous figures of plants drawn in the Royal Garden, has been concluded.

"Icones Plantarum," vol. xiv., part, i., has been published, illustrating new and rare plants communicated to the Herbarium.

"Biologia Centrali-Americana," Botany, by W. B. Hemsley (formerly an assistant in the Herbarium). Two parts of this magnificent work, with 13 quarto plates, have been prepared in the Herbarium, and the work is being actively progressed with.

Balfour, Dr. I. B., has published in the "Philosophical Transactions," the Botany of the Transit of Venus Expedition to the Mascarene Islands, in 4th, with forty plates.

The plants collected in Kerguelen's Land, by the naturalists attached to the branch of the Transit Expedition despatched to that island, have been published, also in the "Philosophical Transactions," by the Director and other botanists, with five plates.

Mr. Elwcs has published part vii. of his folio illustrated work on the genus Lilium.

The 105th volume of "The Botanical Magazine" has been published by the Director, containing chiefly plants that have flowered in the Royal Gardens.

Dr. Berggren, of Sweden, who was commissioned by the Swedish Academy to explore the cryptogamic botany of New Zealand, has been collating his collections with those at Kew.

Dr. R. Braithwaite is preparing monographs of the genera and species page 43 of British mosses, and M. Cogniaux, of Cucurbitaceæ.

Prof. Trail, of Aberdeen, has been publishing in the Journal of the Linnean Society an account of his collection of Amazon Palms, which are preserved at Kew; also his remarkable collection of plants whose leaves are tenanted by tropical ants.

Mr. B. Daydon Jackson has been occupied in the Library in preparing for publication a supplement to Pritzel's "Thesaurus Literature Botanicæ."

Dr. Aitchison is actively employed by the Indian Government in working up his Afghan collections made whilst Botanist to the Kuram Field Force.

Baron von Ettingshausen and Mr. J. A. Gardner have been employed on a special study of English Tertiary fossil plants.

Mr. C. B. Clarke is engaged on a monograph of the Commelynaceæ for De Candolle's "Monographiæ Phanerogamarum," and on Indian Ferns for the Linnean Society's Transactions.

Mr. J. Horne has been engaged on the arrangement, &c. of his extensive Fijian collections.

Dr. M. Masters has been preparing the Ericeæ for the Flora Capensis.

Messrs. H. and J. Groves have been engaged on the Characeæ, with the view of publishing a complete monograph of the Order.

The "Flora of British India" by the Director, assisted by various botanists. The 6th part of this work, completing the Polypetalæ, has been published.

I have, &c.

(Signed)

Jos. D. Hooker, Director,

To the Right Honourable The First Commissioner of Her Majesty's Works and Buildings.