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an average sample of S. cincrea L. var. aijuatica, not being suffici- 

 ently distinct from the type ; but it was the only available form 

 gathered in the season of 1895. A much more distinct form of the 

 variety occurs in Dorset. 



" Our No. 03, S. cinerea x repens, is the same plant as that 

 which the late Dr. F. B. White named <S'. Cnprea x repeats, and re- 

 ported as new for Britain in his Bevisiun (p. 394) under that title. 

 We have never been able to accept that naming, and are convinced, 

 after six years of cultivation and careful study, that our own 

 naming is the correct one. There is reason to suspect that the two 

 supposed cases of 8. cinerea x repens, given in the preceding para- 

 graph in the Revmon (pp. 393, 394), one of which was our own 

 gathering from Holme Fen, are merely strong repens forms, and 

 that our plant (No. 63) was the only S. cinerea x re2)e7is known for 

 Britain when the Revision was published. 



" Nos. 68-71 contain several forms of S. repens. No less than 

 five of these come from one small area of heath mtersected by a line 

 of railway. As these all present some variation, the inference is 

 that there is little or no constancy in repens forms ; and wider ob- 

 servation tends to show that they are too numerous, and shade off 

 too gradually into one another, to be worth classifying under the 

 discarded varietal names. S. rosmarinifolia (No. 72) is introduced 

 into our set because it has long been regarded as British, and per- 

 haps too hastily been dropped out of the British list. It is almost 

 more than a variety, a sub-species rather of S. repens. A remarliable 

 form of S. Myrsinites is issued as No. 73, only found hitherto in one 

 corner of Glen Fiagh : there is a possibility that *S'. niiiricans may 

 have entered remotely into its composition, and may account for 

 the shape and size of the leaves, but the evidence is too slight for 

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[With the December number was sent out a circular, announcing 

 a proposed enlargement of this Journal, with a reply post-card on 

 which subscribers were invited to express their views on the matter. 

 The responses have been in almost every instance favourable, and 

 the change therefore begins with the present issue. As it is 

 desirable to put on record in the Journal itself the reasons which 

 have led to the change, the circular above referred to is here 

 reprinted.] 



The steady increase in the number of papers which have been 

 sent to the Journal of Botany for publication during the last year 

 has forced upon me the consideration of means whereby to meet the 

 demands upon its space. This increase is gratifying evidence that 

 the Journal is recognized as a suitable medium of communication 

 with the scientific world ; and it may be said with truth that it 

 offers the only means by which prompt publication of new dis- 

 coveries can be secured. 



