THE 



JOURNAL OF BOTANY 



BRITISH AND FOREIGN. 



EDITED Br 



JAMES B E, I T T E N, K.C.S.G., F.L.S. 



LATE SENIOR ASSISTANT, DEPARTMENT OK BOTANY, BUITISII MUSEUiM. 



The Journal of Botany was established in 1863 by Seemann. 

 In 1872 the editorship was assumed by Dr. Henry Trimen, who, 

 assisted during part of the time by Mr. J. G. Baker and Mr. Spencer 

 Moore, carried it on until the end of 1879, when he left England for 

 Ceylon. Since then it has been in ihe hands of the present Editor. 



Without professing to occupy the vast field of general Botany, the 

 Journal has from its inception filled a position wdiich, even now, is 

 covered by no other periodical. It atfords a ready and prompt 

 medium for the publication of new discoveries, and appears regularly 

 and punctually on the 1st of each month. While more especially ' 

 concerned with systematic botany, observations of every kind are 

 welcomed. Especial prominence has from the first been given to 

 British botany, and it may safely be said that nothing of primary ' 

 importance bearing upon this subject has remained unnoticed. 



Bibliographical matters have also received and continue to receive 

 considerable attention, and the history of many obscure publications 

 has been elucidated. Every number contains reviews of new and 

 important books written by competent critics : in this as in every 

 other respect a strictly independent attitude has been maintained. 

 While in no way officially connected with the Department of Botany 

 of the British Museum, the Journal has from the first been controlled 

 by those whose acquaintance Avith the National Herbarium has 

 enabled them to utiHze its pages for recording facts of interest and 

 importance regarding the priceless botanical collections which the 

 . Museum contains. 



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