British and Foreign 
EDITED BY 
JAMES BRITTEN, CSG EES... 
» DEPARTMENT OF Botany, BRivisH Museum (NaruraL History). . 
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or ‘Tue Jou URNAL OF Borany was saree in =e by Dr. pages 
1872 the editorship was assumed by the late Dr. Trimen, who, 
assisted d part of the time by Mr. J. G. Baker and Mr. Spe neer 
Moore, carried it on until the end of 1879, when he left En cian for 
Ceylon. Since then it has been in the hands of the present Editor. 
Without Beate to oeeupy the vast field of general Botany, the 
urnal has from its inception filled a positi on which, even Bt is 
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discoveries, and 
th. Whil 
oat has from the first been given to British botany, 
‘be said that poss of primary importance bearing 
ect has remained unnoticed. 
phical matters have also received and continue to receive 
as attention, and the history of erent barat publications = 
number con views of new andy 
written by competent critics: in this asinevery other 
iy independent attitude has been maintained. While in 
connected with the Department of Botany of fae. 
Journal has from the first been con 
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ize its pages for recording facts of interest and importance 
e priceless botanical collections which the Museum contains. 
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