154 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
perpetuation of varieties and of specific forms on our planet” 
communicated through Sir Charles Lyell and Sir Joseph (then 
D ooker i i 
which the two memoirs were simultaneously presented; and Dr. 
Wallace gave an equally interesting sketch of the early relations 
m 
ume, Ww h 
recipients of the medal, gives an account of the various proceedings 
in connection with the celebration. . 
Tur Survey and Record of Woolwich and West Kent, which 
has already been announced in these columns, is promised at an 
early date. It will form a volume of 600 pages and the price has 
been advanced to 6s. net. Messrs. J. F. Bevis and W. H. Griffin 
are the ‘sectional editors” for Botany; they will be helped in 
the flowering plants by Messrs. R. H. Chandler, C. H. Grinling, 
and W. Williams, and in the Cryptogams by Messrs. E. M. 
Holmes and Rudolf Beer. 
WE find 
contributor Mr. Joun Bensow, who died more than a year ago. 
month of his 87th birthday. In the early sixties he devoted much 
attention to ferns, being especially fond of South Devon and the 
