including Zoology, Botany, and Geology, the title under which it 

 appears to-day. There was no new numbering of the volumes, 

 the first number of the combined journal appearing as vol. vi. of the 

 Annals. The following years contain many valuable articles, 

 by naturalists of the eminence of Owen, Edw. Forbes, Alder and 

 Hancock (on Nudibranch Molluscs), J. E. Gray (on new Mammals), 

 W. S. MacLeay (on Australian Zoology), Bowerbank (on Sponges), 

 John Goodsir (of Edinburgh), G. J. Allman, Lindley the botanist, 

 W. B. Carpenter, H. J. Carter (working in India), P. H. Gosse 

 (on Rotifers and " Saurian Reptiles "), Spence Bate (on Crustacea), 

 M'CoY (on Palaeontology), George Busk (on Polyzoa), Thos. 

 HiNCKS (on Hydrozoa). Many of these were frequent contributors ; 

 in addition, Continental botanists and zoologists are represented 

 in every number by valuable papers, usually translated from 

 originals pubUshed elsewhere ; thus Hugo Mohl, " Researches 

 on the Structure of the Annular Vessels ", with a reply by 

 ScHLEiDEN ; Meyen in a series of articles presents a summary of 

 recent work in physiological botany ; de Candolle ; Brongniart 

 on Pala3obotany ; Louis Agassiz, " The Natural Relations between 

 Animals and the Elements in which they live ". Two of the most 

 interesting names in these early years are those of Darwin and 

 Huxley. Darwin does not as yet appear in propria persona, so to 

 speak ; but G. R. Waterhouse gives an account of " Carabideous 

 Insects collected by Charles Darwin, Esq., during the voyage of 

 H.M.S. Beagle ", the Rev. M. J. Berkeley presents a "Notice of some 

 Fungi collected by C. Darwin, Esq., in South America and the 

 Islands of the Pacific ", and other authors describe other collections 

 made by Darwin. Darwin himself was on a Committee of the 

 British Association which drew up a first code of Rules of Nomen- 

 clature, which is given in full (vol. xi. 1843). T. H. Huxley is 

 represented by " Zoological Notes and Observations made on board 

 H.M.S. Rattlesnake during the Years 1846-50. — On the Auditory 

 Organs in the Crustacea. By T. H. Huxley, Asst. Surgeon, R.N." ; 

 " Report upon the Researches of Prof. Muller into the Anatomy 

 and Development of the Echinoderms. By Thomas H. Huxley, 

 F.R.S." (readers of Huxley's Life will remember his admiration 

 for the work of Johannes Muller ; it is interesting to find that 

 in this paper too Muller's researches are held up as models) ; 

 and other contributions also, such as one on the Radiolarian 

 Thalassicolla, with a plate drawn from nature by himself. 



Meanwhile, anonymous or pseudonymous articles have ceased ; 

 all the papers are now signed, and are serious contributions to 

 scientific research ; but, even so, one cannot help remarking how much 

 more interesting zoology and botany were in those days than now — 

 or, at least, a zoologist or botanist could certainly then read with 

 pleasure and profit a far greater proportion of published original 

 papers than one of us can in most of our journals of to-day. English 

 microscopists wiU note with interest the account, amongst others, 



