248 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
dencies to corte modified in their new homes, their subsequent 
relations with man, and their influence on the native flora, whethe 
direct or by modifying eg ace as shown by Lupinus noothatensis 
in the valleys of rivers i ot 
Those species that disks is reason to regard as not having 
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have been derived, or the likelihood of their having originated b 
ae! or by slow om she the British Islands, aad their 
relation to man’s influence on them (usually harmful, but occa- 
sionally helpful) as ‘affecting their distribution and permanence. 
graphic Saetiorniee though so much has been done 
in this field dur ing the past sixty or seventy years, still requires 
careful investigation, to determine not merely that species have 
been observed in certain districts, but their rolaiies frequency, 
their relations to man (natives of one part of our country are often 
aliens i = other parts), whether increasing or diminishing, Laie 
habitats, &c. From such a careful topographical survey 
ake x he learned of the conditions that favour or hinder the 
success of species, of the evolution of new forms and their relation 
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Saath Soop would be afforded by the issue at a small price 
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respect of the relations babwsen the plants and animals 
of our islands, both as observed here and in comparison with the 
already extensive records of a similar kind in other countries. 
On such topics as pollination, distribution of seeds, and i injuries 
inflicted by animals, and sate produced by animals or plants, we 
have still to make use very largely of the information gained 
amet and the same holds good with regard to the diseases of 
While English Botany in its first edition was deserv vedly re- 
garded as a work of the first rank a among floras, it has long been 
while other countries now have — great floras of 
advance of it. There i s need for 
species and varieties, but also the distinctive Bomclies and the 
ponte important biological features of each. Such a flora would 
