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now nearly completed — of botanists in all parts of the world who 

 have died during 1890. The pressure upon our pages has this year 

 caused us to omit the List of New Species published in Britain during 

 1889, and if the pressure continues, — and we can hardly wish for 

 its cessation — this, although useful, will have to be abandoned. 

 We hope to notice, even if briefly, a larger number of the publications 

 which reach us from time to time, some of which have, we fear, 

 been neglected ; and it is our wish to increase the number of plates 

 and other illustrations. This last improvement, however, must 

 largely depend upon a like increase in the number of our subscribers. 

 We are quite willing to continue our editorial work, which is still 

 almost unremunerative, although the Journal at present does not 

 — as at one time was the case — involve any pecuniary loss ; but 

 we can hardly be expected to find also the means by which the 

 work is to be carried on. There are still some who might readily 

 afford the small annual sum required, who are not at present upon 

 our list of subscribers ; and we venture to appeal to them for 

 support. 



All contributions to the Journal, books for review, &c, should 

 be addressed to 18, West Square, Southwark, S.E. Subscriptions 

 and advertisements should be sent to the publishers, Messrs. West, 

 Newman & Co., 54, Hatton Garden, E.C. 



James Britten. 



Among the papers already in hand for 1891 may be mentioned: — 



A List of First Eecords of British Plants, by W. A. Clarke, 

 F.L.S. 



A Key to the Genera and Species of British Mosses (with 

 plates), by the Rev. H. G. Jameson. 



On Galls in Rhodymenia (with plate), by Ethel S. Barton. 



On the Histology of Polysiphonia fastigiata (with plate), by 

 R. J. Harvey Gibson, M.A., F.L.S. 



New Fungi from Madagascar (with plate), by George Massee, 

 F.R.M.S. 



Madagascar Ferns, by J. G. Baker, F.R.S. 



The Moss-Flora [of the Doward Hills, by the Rev. Augustin 

 Ley, M.A. 



Biography of Robert Uvedale, by G. S. Boulger, F.L.S. 



