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his way to have the trees marked, with the co-operatiou 

 of the proprietors and foresters, as this can be done without 

 either injury or disfigurement. After a long period, indeed, 

 say of twenty or thirty years, remeasuring of unmarked 

 trees, at the recorded level, may yield tolerably satisfactory 

 results. But when marked, and when the measurement is 

 made with a reliable tape, a more precise result can be got 

 in two or three years. 



Finally, it is to be hoped that Mr. Paxton's example 

 may be followed by other observers, with the requisite 

 leisure and skill with the camera, so that we may gradually 

 acquire a knowledge of the finest trees in other counties, 

 similar to that which he has so fully given us in his 

 beautiful presentation volume of portraits and measure- 

 ments of the remarkable trees of Ayrshire. 



Additions to the Flora of Mauritius, as recorded in 

 Baker's "Flora of Mauritius and the Seychelles." 

 By Surgeon-Major H. H. Johnston, D.Sc, F.E.S.E., F.L.S. 



During a three and a half years' residence in Mauritius, 

 from February 1887 to July 1890, I collected specimens 

 of 485 species and varieties of plants. Of this number 

 103 are not recorded in Baker's "Flora of Mauritius and 

 the Seychelles," published in 1877; but 25 of these belong 

 to the Vascular Cryptogams, which are not included in 

 Baker's Flora. 



The following table shows the number of species in each 

 of the three divisions of the vegetable kingdom : — 



