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botanical friends that some expression of sympathy and condolence ought 
to be offered in the appropriate form of a subscription towards replacing 
his lost books. They trust that all true lovers of botany will enter into this 
feeling; and that by adding their individual subscriptions to the general 
fund, they will testify their appreciation of Mr. Baker's past disinterested ser- 
vices, and assist in enabling him to continue the same in future years. A very 
Road, Haverstock Hill, N.W.; William Carruthers, British Museum, W.C. ; 
the W. Newbould, 2, Heathfield Terrace, Turnham Green, W.; 
Edward Newman, 9, Devonshire Street, Bishopsgate Street, N.E.; Hewett C 
Watson, Thames Ditton, near Kingston-on-Thames, S.W.,—have formed them- 
selves into a local committee to carry out the proposed object ; the metropolitan 
centre offering more facility for conferences and for postal correspondence, than 
would be found elsewhere. They are kindly allowed to refer to Professors 
Babington, Balfour, Oliver, and other leading botanists, as fully approving the 
step thus taken. But itis the wish and trust of the committee, that the offering 
to Mr. Baker should be a testimonial of respect and sympathy from the widest 
circle of botanists in this country. A printed copy of the subscription list will 
be sent to each subscriber, by way of closing the appeal. The committee 
- Hybrid Selaginella. By Mr. John Scott. In this paper the author details a 
series of experiments made in the Botanic Garden of Edinburgh, with species 
4. Abstract of a Paper on the Constitution of G 
1 ymnosp Flowers. By 
A. W. Eichler. 5. List of Fossil Plants found in the Tertiary Strata in the 
south-east of France. By Gaston de Saporta, 6, Notice of Plants at present 
in flower in the open air at the Royal Botanic Garden, By Mr. M‘Nab. 
