JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
JAMES BRITTEN, E.S.G., F.L. 5. 
LATE SENIOR ASSISTANT, DEPARTMENT oF Botany, BRITISH MUsEUM. 
EB JournaL or Borany was established in 1863 by Dr. Seemann. 
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Ceylon. Since then it has been in the hands of the present Kditor. 
"Wit hout professing to oecupy the vast field of general Botany, the 
Journal has irom its inception filled a position which; even now, is 
covered by no other periodical. It affords a ready and prompt — 
for the publication of new discoveries, and appears regularly and 
punctually on the Ist of each month. a more especially concerned 
with systematic botany, observations of e kind are welcomed. 
Especial prominence has from the firs oe siven to. British botany, 
and it may safely be said that nothing of primary importance bearing 
aes ae subject has remained un e 
iographical matters have laws received and continue to receive 
i auidorabls attention, and the history of many obscure publications 
has been elucidated. Every number contains reviews of new an 
important books written by competent critics: in this as in every other 
eegtoed a strictly independent attitude has been maintained. While in 
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British Museum, the Journal has from the first been controlled by 
those whose acquaintance with the National Herbarium has enabled 
them to utilize its pages for recording facts of interest and importance 
regarding the priceless botanical collections which the Museum contains. 
In 1896 it became necessary to increase the size of the Journal, owing 
to the = nae of papers sent — publication: the number of plates 
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was at the same time augm 
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