JOURNAL OF BOTANY. 
British and Foreign 
“EDITED BY 
JAMES BRITTEN, K.S.G., F.L.S. 
Tue Journa or Borany was established in 1868 by Dr. Seinen - 
In 1872 the editorship was assumed by the late Dr. Trimen, who, — 
_ assisted during part of the time by Mr. J. G. Baker and Mr. Spencer 
Moore, carried it, on until the end of 1879, when he left England for — 
Ceylon. Since then it has been in the hands of the present Editor. 
Without professing to occupy the vast field of general Seu the . 
Journal has from its inception filled a position whic : 
covered by no other periodical. It affords a ready and oiedipt andi 
for the publication of new discoveries, and appears regularly and — 
~~ punctually on the ist of each month. While more especially conostae: : 
‘with systematic botany, observations of every kind are welcomed. 
Especial prominence has from the first been given to British botany, 
and it may safely be said that nothing of primary importance bearing 
upon this oe has sence unnoticed. 
ior books written by competent critics: in this as in every 0 
respect a - ictly ddopendent attitude has seat maint 
2 flicially connected with the Department of Be 
British  epniaey the Journal has from the first been et 
those whose acquaintance with the National Herbarium 
them to utilize its pages | for recording facts of interest a1 
a regarding the p 1 
-Many~ important monographs and other works first appeared ine its. 
pages. In 1896 it became necessary to increase its size, owing to t 
number of papers sent for leo tena the number of plates » was at 
Pa same time augmented. 
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the 24th of each month) should be sent to West, ee & Co.; 
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