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extend from the coast-line to our greatest elevations, may subse- ~ 
quently be added. On the construction and right application of 
these lists the suggestions or hints of those favourable to the pro- 
gress of botanical geography may be expected. 
Finally, it may be stated that although editorial opinions are 
rarely obtruded upon our readers, it is not to be inferred that we 
have no opinions of our own. We have our own views; but we 
extend to others the same liberty which we take to ourselves, and 
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to others as they would have others do to them, and conse- 
quently to respect every other man’s opinion as his privilege and 
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We have now performed our duty to our readers and ourselves. 
We have acquitted ourselves of the obligations we owed to our 
contributors, and we have laid before them a scheme, which, if 
well carried out, will materially enhance the value of the ‘ Phyto- 
logist,’ and, what is of still greater importance, will promote the 
advancement of sound botanical information. 
Chelsea, December 20th, 1855. 

Some Botanical Notes made during a Tour through a part of 
Ireland in June and July, 1855, with occasional Remarks on 
Scenery, etc., in a Letter to the Editor. By Josrru Woops, 
F.LS. 
(Continued from page 159.) 
I walked twice from Rossbeigh to the neighbourhood of Loch 
Garra, first to the lower part, whence we see the mass of Gheran 
Tuel rising magnificently above the lake and the nearer hills. 
This view is much finer than that of the Reeks, from the upper 
Lake of Killarney. My point of view would be a glorious situa- 
tion for a nobleman’s mansion, but alas! the whole neighbour- 
hood is a bog. The second walk was to its upper part, where, 
with more foreground, we have a grand view of Gheran Tuel, 
and a fine spreading valley, not without wood; beyond, an ex- 
tended arm of the Lake suggests the ideas of a high class of 
natural beauty, but here again the bogs are sadly in the way. 
