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Kew Gardens ^[[England.]] Several specimens were received from W. H. Schieffelin & Co., in response to special request. [[line drawn to signify continuing sentence with next paragraph]] The ^[[Exhibition series of]] [[strikethrough]]] display in [[/strikethrough]] this Section, is, essentially, as left by Dr. Flint,^[[the first curator of this collection]] [[strikethrough]] my predecessor [[/strikethrough]]. [[Paragraph symbol]] The following table shows the number of specimens in the varies series. Exhibition series -------------- 3346 Reserve " [[ditto for series]] -------------- 1223 Duplicate ' [[ditto for series]] -------------- 859 ^[[In addition there are the following also:]] Colored plates 662 Photographs 102 Herbarium specimens 60 Micrographs 38 --------- 862 ____ 6290 ^[[The l]]ast catalogue entry ^[[in]] June 1891 ^[[was]] 142225 ^[[, and in]] [[strikethrough]] Last Catalogue entry [[/strikethrough]] June 1892^[[,]] 142280. [[strikethrough]] G. Brown Goode Asst Secty. [[/strikethrough]] [[strikethrough]] Very respectfully, Wm S. Dixon Hon Curator.[[/strikethrough]]