THE 
JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
BRITISH AND FOREIGN 
EDITED BY 
JAMES BRITTEN, K.S.G., F.L.S. 
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E Jou or Borany was established in 1863 by Dr. Seemann. 
a In 1972 the ativorship be Pig es Dr. Henry Trimen, who, 
Ceylon. Since then it has been in the hands of the present ee 
Without professing to occupy the vast field of general Botany, t 
Journal ins from its inception filled a position which , even now, is 
covered by no other periodical. It affords a ready and prompt medium 
-for the publication of new distoveries, and appears regularly and 
~~ punctually on the Ist of each month. While Siete especially pag 
with systematic botany, observations of e kind are welcome 
Especial prominence has from the first bear B given to British pista 
and it may safely be said that eden of primary importance bearing 
npon this subject has remained unnoticed. 
important books written by competent critics: in this as in every other 
respect a esd | indpenent attitude has been maintained. While in 
no way officially ¢ ae ae with the Department of Botany of the 
British Museum be Journal has from the first been controlled by 
- those whose acquaintance “with ee National Herbarium has enabled 
them to utilize its pages for recording facts of interest and importance 
" regarding the price eless tclanien) ay in which the Museum contains. 
In 1896 it became Pecpe = increase the size of the Journal, owing 
to the number of papers sent for publication: the number of plates 
was at the same time Riginets ed. 
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