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many more readers. Contributors may therefore feel assured that 

 their work will not be lost to the scientific botanical world. 



At the same time the Journal does not quite pay its way and Las 

 had financial assistance from the generous guarantor, Mr. T. R. D. 

 Bell, C.I.E., who recently retired from the Office of Chief Conservator 

 of Forests, Bombay Presidency. We need therefore all the subscrip- 

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P. F. Fstson. 



