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The Baobab, Teynampet, 

 Madras, 



September 15, 1919. 



Dear Sir, 



I am sending under separate cover a copy of the 

 first number of a new botanical journal which 

 has been founded under the name of the " Journal 

 of Indian Botany " for the publication of original 

 papers in Botany which would not naturally find 

 a place in the existing Indian Journals. For there 

 is no other journal in India which could accept a 

 paper on Ecology, Physiology, Histology, or the 

 Cryptogams, except such as might be of agricul- 

 tural interest. Yet India is so large a country, has 

 so rich a flora, and so varied a climate that there 

 are here ample possibilities of work, the results of 

 which might prove of value to botanists in almost 

 every part of the world. 



The number now sent is only the first : the 

 second will be out next month (October), and it is 

 intended to publish ten numbers annually. One 

 can hardly doubt that the Journal will, as it be- 

 comes better known, contain more papers and in- 

 crease in importance. 



I venture to suggest, therefore, that you will find 

 it of interest and that it would make a suitable 

 addition to the library of your college or university 

 on account not only of the original papers, but also 

 perhaps of the abstracts which it will contain of 

 papers published elsewhere in India. 



I enclose an order-form, and if you will fill it up 

 and send the first year's subscription in any way 

 that you find convenient, I shall be glad to forward 

 you a copy of each number as it appears. 



I am, 

 Yours faithfully, 



P. F. FYSON, 

 Hon. Editor, Indian Journal of Science. 



