
THE PHYTOLOGIST. 
Address to the Contributors, Correspondents, and Readers of 
the Puytotocist; by the Evrtors. 
Turis periodical, the only one devoted to the investigation of 
British plants, has been in abeyance since the demise of. Mr. 
Luxford, in June, 1854. This lamented event postponed the 
publication of our journal, till new arrangements could be made 
for its continuation. These bemg now completed, the Editors, 
in deference to their friends and the public in general, beg to lay 
before them the principles which they will henceforth carry out 
in the conduct of this publication, and hope, by a strict adhe- 
rence to these, to maintain the reputation of the ‘ Phytologist,’ 
and to obtain such support as may enable them to render it sub- 
servient to the progress of science. The ‘ Phytologist’ will, as 
formerly, be the medium of supplying the botanist with a record 
of the progress of British Botany,—1. By publishimg accounts or 
notes of botanical tours. 2. By a series of articles on the haii- 
tats and the range, both horizontal and altitudinal, of the British 
species. 3. By a‘series of articles on the periodic phenomena 
of species,—e. g. as annuals, biennials, and perennials, times of 
flowering, maturation, and such-like. 4. Notes on critical plants, 
varieties, newly observed localities, etc. ete. 5. Articles on no- 
menclature, scientific and popular names, and classification. 6. 
Abstracts of the progress of Botany durmg the month. 7. Cur- 
rent intelligence, notices of publications, reviews, ete. 8. Pro-— 
ceedings of societies. 9. Botanical notes and queries, with replies ‘ a 
to the latter. hs 
As an essential and attractive feature of this néw series of the 
‘Phytologist, arrangements have been made for supplying, with 
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