NOTICE. 



On receipt of the melancholy intelligence of 

 the death of our late lamented colleague, Mr. 

 Griffith, on the 8th of March, one month after 

 the sad event took place, the first thing deci- 

 ded on was to relinquish the present work, in 

 the object and support of which he had so large 

 a share. Since then, the generous and kind 

 encouragement received from Dr. R. Wight, 

 Superintending Surgeon, Madras Service, (dis- 

 tinguished no less by the extent and value of 

 his botanical works, than the independent means 

 and exertions with which they have been ac- 

 complished) Mr. Gardner Superintendent of 

 the Royal Botanical Garden Ceylon, and Mr. 

 Jameson Superintendent of the Botanic Gar- 

 dens, N. W. Provinces, Capt. Hutton, and other 

 scientific friends interested in the progress of 

 the work, particularly Dr. J. Macpherson of 

 Howrah, and Mr. A. Robertson of the Medical 

 College, induces the editor to venture on its 

 continuance. Engagements however trifling, 

 directed with a view to improved knowledge, 

 should be conducted without regard to friend- 



