Deceased British and Irish Botanists 
JAMES BRITTEN, KS.G.,F.L.S., & G. S. BOULGER, F.LS. _ 
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‘eAlk: persons iterated in the history of ees and of the botanists of jhe 
islands, but more especially those actively engaged in botanical work involving 
eaaaaree research, will welcome a reprint of the ‘ Biographical Index,’ which ran 
And this li 
hrough four volumes of this Journal, beginning in oo 
is, after all, the foundation, and a good substantial one, ae 
and h Pisce ox which may some day develop into as complete 
exhaus a 
ag ae es No other nation, I believe, possesses 
the latter, and no second nation, so far as I am aware, io = a | work as ~~ 
former.’’-—W. Botting Hemsley in Journ. Bot., ets 1893. 
then received is am nfirmed now that the iodas appears revised anc 
up to date.”—dtheneum, Dee. 30, 1893. 
_ The pee given by the authors are very concise, but, enseneg that — 
other sources of information, they are a adequate. peta 
incite of the authors, and -the unrivalled facilities at their disposition in 
Muse seum, offer the = t guarantees that their wor rk has been well sone. 
“work Snares cit deners’ Chroniele, Sept. 9, 1893, 
his book has been compiled to satisfy a felt want among botanists 
names, dates, chief facts concerning, and ~~ works of, povessele have been 
carefully put together.”—The Bookman, Aug. 1 
“The authors have done their work well, and made a valuable contribution to 
botanical literature.” — Natural Science, Oct. 
