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by Dr. Trimen. In spite of his careful and energetic editing, the 

 Journal has not on the whole paid its expenses ; and it is not to 

 be wondered at that, as he has above stated, he will no lonf^er 

 carry it on at a loss. Mr. Baker, although in no way diminishing 

 his help to the Journal, withdrew his name from its title-page in 

 1876 ; it was replaced in 1877 by that of another representative of 

 the Kevv Herbarium, Mr. Spencer Le Marchant Moore, who 

 remained associated with Dr. Trimen until 1879, when the de- 

 parture of the latter for Ceylon necessitated other arrangements, 

 and the editorial duties devolved upon the present writer, the 

 name of the Journal being changed to ' Trimen's Journal of Botany.' 



Again the Journal has arrived at a crisis in its career. With 

 all its shortcomings — of which no one can be more conscious than 

 the Editor — it serves a useful purpose, and were it to cease its 

 absence would be felt. There would be a break in the chain which 

 has been continuous since 1830, and British botanists especially 

 would feel its loss. However faulty in other respects, the Journal 

 has been the recognised recorder of the more important discoveries 

 in British botany during the last twenty years ; the additions to 

 our Flora have been figured and described by competent hands ; 

 local lists and notes have been published for many parts of the 

 kingdom; and all facts bearing upon the subject have been duly 

 chronicled. The number of species new to science described in its 

 pages has been very large, as may be gathered from any of our 

 annual lists of new s]pecies published in periodicals in Britain. 

 The department of morphological and structural botany has been 

 less fully represented, and the Journal has been criticised on this 

 account. But it may be pointed out that straitened resources 

 have prevented the possibility of furnishing the extensive series of 

 illustrations necessary to the satisfactory presentment of papers upon 

 minute structure ; and for the same reason it has been impossible 

 to offer payment for contributions. Papers on histological points 

 have always been, and will always be, welcome ; but it is not 

 strange that authors should prefer sending such observations to 

 Journals which can afford to pay writers and to fully illustrate 

 their contributions. 



I have determined to carry on the Journal at my own risk for 

 at least another year. If it pays the cost of printing I shall be 

 satisfied ; if it does not, I shall reluctantly be compelled to give it 

 up. I would therefore appeal to those — and I am glad to know 

 that there are many — who would not willingly see the Journal die, 

 to help in obtaining additional subscribers. 



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