INTRODUCTORY NOTE. 



The present Monograph was intended to appear in the Jour» 

 nal of the Asiatic Society, Bengal, of which Society I had f ormer- 

 ly the honor of being a Member. With this object I placed it in 

 the hands of the Society's Secretary early in April 1875 : and 

 arranged then with him for its early appearance as an extra 

 number. Thongh I wrote to him, reminding him that one 

 reason I had placed the Monograph in the hands of the Society 

 was that it might appear early, I conld get no reply from him 

 till Augnst when the snbjoined correspondence (which requires 

 little comment) ensned. 



No. 1. 

 No. 336, Asiatic Sogibtt's Rooms ; 

 Calcutta, August 2nd, 1875. 

 Mt dear Clarke, 



I am directed by the President to inf orm you 

 that " the Council regret that they cannot afford the expense of 

 publishing your Monograph of Indian Compositae." Will you 

 please tell me what I am to do with the MS. 



Yours sincerely, 



C. B. Clarke, Esq., 



Darjeeling. 



No. 2. 



James Wood-Mason, 



Hon. Secretary. 



24th August, 1875. 



Mt dear Clarke, 



In reply I beg to state that your offer to pay 

 such portion of the expense of printing the Comp. Ind. as might 

 be necessary to reduce the cost to the Society within that of an 

 ordinary paper — in short any portion of the expense that the 

 Council might ask of you — was duly laid before that body. The 

 whole correspondence was, moreover, f orwarded to the President 

 some time before the meeting of the Council at which the ques- 

 tion was considered. 



Yours very truly, 



James Wood-Mason, 



