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Vol. XXXI IL Part I. 



— THE 



JOURNAL 



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EDITED BY 



G. S. SAUNDEES, F.L.S., F.E.S. 



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CONTENTS. 



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The True Darwinism. By the Rev. Prof. G. Henslow, M.A., V.M.H. ... 1 



British Guiana. By J. A Barbour James 8 



The Relation of Meteorology to Horticulture. By R. H. Curtis, 



F'.R. Met.Soc. 12 



The Amateur and Horticultural Law. By H. Morgan Veitch, 



Sol. F R.H.S 20 



Phyllotaxis, or the Arrangements of Leaves. By the Rev. Prof. 



G. Henslow, M.A., V.M.H 36 



Arches, Pillars, and Pergolas. By W. P. Wright, F. R.H.S 49 



Japanese Dwarf Trees: their Cultivation 8cc. By A. Maumerne" ... 53 



Mistletoe. By W. Smyth, F.R.H.S 71 



Gesneraceae: Annotated List of Genera and Species. By Col. R. H. 



Beddome, F.L.S , 74 



A Bundle of Herbs. By Miss H. C. Philbrick, F.R.H.S 101 



Ornamental Grasses. By W. Smyth, F.R.H.S. 107 



Natural Selection. By C. T. Druery, V.M.H., F.L.S. ... 114 



Abstracts 119 



Reports of Trials at Wisley 184 



Reviews of Books 316 



Juniperus Sabina 326 



Meetings :— General, p. i ; Scientific Committee, p. xxiv ; Floral Com- 

 mittee, p. xllii ; Fruit and Vegetable Committee, p. Ixiii; Narcissus 

 and Tulip Committee, p. Ixix ; Orchid Committee, p. Ixxiv. 



Examinations xcviii 



Notices to Fellows cxi 



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