NOTICE. 
CURTIS AND HOOKER’S 
BOTANICAL MAGAZINE. - 
COMPLETION OF THE THIRD SERIES. 
Wirx much regret we have to announce the retirement of Sir Joseph 
Dalton Hooker, K.C.S.I., ©.B., &., from the editorship of Tux 
BoranrcaL Magazine, after forty years of indefatigable service, 
which advancing years will not permit him to continue longer. We 
can only express our high appreciation of his work, and the deep 
obligation we have been under to him for so long a period. We 
sincerely hope that he may for many years enjoy the peaceful rest 
he has so well earned. The present issue, therefore, completes the 
Third Series of the Magazine, extending to sixty volumes. 
COMMENCEMENT OF A NEW [FOURTH] SERIES OF THE 
BOTANICAL MAGAZINE. 
We are now privileged to report that arrangements have been 
made for the commencement of a New [Fourth] Series of Tue 
BoranrcAL MaGAzine under the auspices of Sir William T. 
Thiselton-Dyer, K.C.M.G., C.LE., LL.D., Se.D., F.B.S., Director of 
the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Sir William’s well-known high 
standing as a botanist, his interest in Horticulture, and his position 
at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, with all the resources of that 
great establishment at his command, afford every possible guarantee 
that the high character of the Magazine will be well maintained, 
and, if possible, raised to a higher level of interest to the botanist 
and horticulturist, as well as to all lovers of the floral beauties of 
Nature. The vast unexplored, or only partially explored, regions of 
Africa, the two Americas, China and other regions of the globe 
present practically inexhaustible sources whence to draw new subjects 
to adorn its pages. We are greatly indebted to Sir William 
Thiselton-Dyer for his ready and generous response to our appeal. 
The first number of the Fourth Series will appear on January Ist, 
1905. 
LovELL Reeve & Co. 
November 30th, 1904. : 
