Having accepted the appointment of Dii-ector of the Botanical 

 Gardens in Ceylon, I feel that it would not be possible for me 

 properly to carry on the editorial conduct of this Journal at so 

 great a distance from England. I have, therefore, secured the 

 services of my colleague in the Museum, Mr. Britten, who has for 

 several years been intimately acquainted with the work, and who 

 will act as resj)onsible editor during my absence. No change 

 in the character of the Journal is contemplated ; it will be carried 

 on in the same manner and on the same principles as hitherto. 



In thus resigning the active supervision of the ' Journal of 

 Botany' I confidently expect that under my successor it will 

 continue to be as useful to botanists in the future as I trust 

 it has proved in the past. I thankfully acknowledge that this 

 has been due chiefly to the disinterested help of many friends 

 and correspondents, both at home and abroad; and it is in the 

 wxll-founded hope that they will continue such kind co-operation, 

 that after ten years' experience of it I now commit my duties 

 to other hands. 



HENEY TRIMEN. 



