Between the publication of the last number and the 

 present one an event has happened which has deeply grieved 

 me: the sale of the Danish West Indies, our beautiful small 

 islands. My first thought, on the spur of the moment, was 

 to leave my work unfinished; but on account of several 

 requests, e.g. from "Dansk Botanisk Forening", in 

 whose "Arkiv" my work is published, I have made up my 

 mind to try to bring it to an end, retaining its old title. 



F. B. 



