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THE PHYTOLOGIST. 

 1861. 



ANNUAL ADDRESS. 



The great Christian festival which has lately been celebrated, 

 the Mistletoe and the Holly, the latter of which in some places is 

 called CJvristmas, remind us of the approaching new year, and 

 imposes on the Editor the not ungrateful labour of congratulating 

 the contributors and readers of the ' Phytologist' on the comple- 

 tion of the Fourth Volume of this periodical. His thanks and 

 the thanks of the Publisher are very respectfully tendered to the 

 subscribers, purchasers, and readers of the magazine. 



The Editor's efforts to extend the usefulness of the work have 

 been ably supported during the past year by a steady increase in 

 the number and value of the contributions. The readers are re- 

 ferred to the Contents and to the List of Contributors for proof 

 of what is liere asserted ; and the multifarious and useful papers 

 published during the past twelve months are ample testimony that 

 the labours of the proprietors in procuring efficient support have 

 been successful. For this voluntary, gratuitous, and efficient 

 assistance, of which the last or fourth volume is the result, we 

 beg to offer our sincere and grateful acknowledgments. As one 

 of the results of an increased number of correspondents, we con- 

 fidently expect a corresponding increase in the variety and value 

 of the forthcoming productions, and a wider extension of our 

 circulation. 



We have been reminded in a friendly way, by one of the earliest 

 and firmest patrons of this Series, that we are supported by but 

 few of the original contributors, viz. by few of those who wrote 

 in and for the former Series when it was in a flourishing condition. 



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