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of the community, and considerable public dissatisfaction has been ex- 

 pressed. There is, however, a good chance of a restitution of the old 

 arrangements, if not the adoption of some of even greater convenience. 



Messrs. Berkeley and Broome contiiuie in the last number of the 

 ' Annals of Natural History,' their notices of British Fungi. Eighty 

 species are enumerated (all species of ArjarlcHs), most of which are re- 

 cent additions to the British flora, and several of wdiich were first 

 published in this Journal. There appear to be seven species new to 

 science described, viz. A. (Lepiota) netultespora, A. (Lepiola) Fetreii, 

 A. (Mycena) sacchariferus, A. (Naucosia) semiflcxus, A. (HypholcEua) Icu- 

 cotephrm, A. (Psilocybe) aquar'ms, A. (Psathyrella) empyreumaticus. 



Our readers will not fail to observe the alteration in the aspect of our 

 pages. By the adoption of a ' solid ' motle of printing, and by lessening 

 the margin, a gain in the amount of letterpress equal to more than eleven 

 of our old pages has been eftected in each number without altering the 

 size of the page or increasing the bulk of the Journal. We have been 

 encouraged to make these changes by the increase in the amount of 

 material which comes into our hands ; and, in the hope that our circula- 

 tion will equally extend itself, no increase has been made in the subscrip- 

 tion. In return for these advantages, and in consideration of the addi- 

 tional expenses of a greatly-enlarged magazine, we hope our correspon- 

 dents will co-operate with us, and we earnestly request them to endeavour 

 to spread a knowledge of the existence of this Journal amongst their 

 botanical friends. 



An impression has been prevalent among purely British botanists that 

 their special department is neglected in our pages. A perusal of the 

 volume just completed will show how unfounded is this notion. While 

 it has been, and still is, our object to exclude no department of botanical 

 science, it is desired to give especial attention to our own flora ; and no 

 communication which adds any fact, however slight,- to existing know- 

 ledge of British plants is refused. We invite, therefore, that section of 

 our subscribers on which w^e chiefly depend for support to contribute to 

 our pages. With the exception of detailed descriptions of botanical 

 excursions in well-known districts, there is scarcely any subject bearing 

 on the vegetation of Great Britain and Ireland which will not be most 

 acceptable. 



Communications have been received from : — J. R. Jackson, Ptev. A. 

 Ley, Prof. Thiselton Dver, Dr. W. R. M'Nab, J. Sadler, J. Britten, 

 C. Bailey, Prof. A. H. Church, W\ Phillips, R. Holland, W. A. Leighton, 

 H. Reeks, T. Allin, W. Mitteu, W. G. Smith, Hon. J. L. Warren, L. H. 

 Grindon, R. Tucker, etc. 



