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contains a title-page to the volume, which bears the figure " 1899 " 

 in large type and '*1901" in small type at the foot. Neitlier of 

 these dates applies to the volume as a whole, as will be seen from 

 the following list, which, as on previous occasions, we issue for the 

 benefit of those who may want to consult the magazine in the future, 

 and who may be led astray by the dates given in the work itself : — 



Dated Issued 



January and February, 1899. July, 1899. 



March and April ,, July ,, 



May and June ,, July ,, 



July and August ,, August „ 



September and October ,, November ,, 



November and December ,, August, 1901. 



We have pointed out before that the Stationery Office date on the 

 first page of each number, though more trustworthy than that 

 which appears below the title, cannot be depended upon. This last 

 issue, for example, is dated "10/99" — a fact which makes one 

 wonder why it has been delayed until August, 1901. As, however, 

 a letter written in November, 1899, and a notice of a magazine 

 published in that month, are printed in the number, it would 

 appear that there must be an error in the date. 



A LATER issue of the Bulletin contains the numbers for " Jan.- 

 March, 1901"; the Stationery Office date is "12/1900," and it 

 appeared in September. It contains the following note, which is 

 rendered somewhat puzzling by the fact that the volume which 

 "will shortly be issued" has already appeared: — "The extreme 

 pressure of the demands of important Government work has made 

 it necessary to suspend for a time the publication of the Kew 

 Bulletin. It will now be resumed. The volume for 1899 will 

 shortly be issued. That for 1900 is in preparation." This in- 

 stalment contains an enumeration of the contributors to the Kew 

 Herbarium. The name, country and date of contributors, and a note 

 of the number of specimens, are given, but there is no attempt to 

 convey any further information. 



The absence of any popular official guide to Kew Gardens has 

 been to a small extent supplied by private enterprise. A pretty 

 little book, called Souvenir: Eoyal Gardens, Keiv, contains some excel- 

 lent views of the Gardens, and, although evidently undertaken in the 

 interests of advertisers, will no doubt be popular. It is priced 

 at 3d., but may be obtained at Kew for Id. This, however, does 

 nothing to supply the place of the admirable handbook prepared by 

 Prof. Daniel Oliver, which was last issued in 1885, and has been 

 out of print for years. Truth lately reminded us that in 1892 

 Mr. Plunket, then First Commissioner of Works, stated that the 

 new Guide was almost ready, and they hoped to have it out during 

 the summer. 



The Report of the Moss Exchange Club has recently been issued 

 as a pamphlet of about forty pages, and bears evidence of the con- 

 tinued activity and usefulness of the Club, of which there are now 

 thirty-seven members. About 3400 Mosses or Hepatics have been 



