JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
British and Foreign 
EDITED BY 
JAMES BRITTEN, K.S.G., F.L.S., 
Senior Assistant, DEPARTMENT OF BoTANY, Britis Museum (Naruran History). 
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pun jeteally-on on the Ist of each month. While more ee iapaciAlly concerned 
with systematic botany, ape e ie of every kind are weleom 
_ Especial prominence has from the first been given to British botany, 
and it may safely be said that nothing of primary importance bearing 
_ upon this subject has remained unnoticed. 
_ Bibliographical matters have also received and continue to receive 
/ eonsiderable attention, and the history of many obscure pobls 
been elucidated. ee number contains reviews of n and 
_ important books written by competent critics: in this as in every other 
s sili a strictly independent attitude has been maintained. While in 
_ no way officially co = ith the Department of Botany of the 
British Museum, the Journ fe from the first been controlled by 
: acquaintance with the National Herbarium has enabled 
them to utilize its pages for recording facts of interest and importance — 
cegarding the priceless botanical collections which the Museum contains. 
Many important monographs and other works first Lagoons in its 
pages. In 1896 it became necessary to increase its size, owing to the 
number of papers sent for publication: the number ‘at sated at 
_ the same time augmented. 
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The volumes for 1884 to 1895 can still be had, price 14s. each, or 
_ -£7:10s. the set. Of vols. 1884 and 1885 very few copies remain. 
_' The bound volumes for 1896, 1897, and 1898. can be had at the 
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