Herbarium.

The most important accessions to this department consist of:—A very complete set of the plants collected in Sumatra by Prof. Beccari, of Florence, presented by himself.

An almost complete herbarium of the Canadian Flora, formed by Prof. Macoun, of Belleville, the joint property of that gentleman and of the Canadian Commissioners of the Paris Exhibition.

A herbarium of upwards of 1,500 Fijian plants collected by Mr. Home, F.L.S, Director of the Mauritius Botanical Gardens, when on a mis-sion to the Pacific Islands to procure sugar-canes.

A very large collection of Mexican and South U.S. plants, collected by Dr. Parry when on a botanical expedition from Central Mexico to the United States.

A continuation of M. Glaziou's Brazilian collections (nearly 1,500 species); also of Welwitsch's West African ones, presented by the Government of Portugal; and the completion of Brown's Australian Herbarium; the British Herbarium of the Botanical Exchange Club; a very fine collection of European roses and rubi from G. C. Joad, Esq., of Wimbledon.

The principal contributors have been:—