ADVERTISEMENT. 
It might be expected that, at the end of so long a period as the twelve 
years, during which the Magazine of Botany has been regularly issued, 
some steps should be taken for so materially varying its character as to 
produce a new series, or introduce it with a fresh aspect and arrangement. 
This appears to be the usual course. 
But after sufficiently considering the reasons which might be urged for 
following such a plan, we are induced to continue in our old track; 
because, firstly, we have, by successive improvements, brought our Magazine 
to a point of excellence, especially in the pictorial department, beyond 
which much further advancement seems unattainable ; and, secondly, we 
are yet favoured with the same unwavering amount of support which we 
had several years ago ; and we deduce from the latter circumstance the 
conclusion that the form in which the Magazine now appears, and the 
manner in which it is conducted, are regarded as at least satisfactory by 
those whom it is our aim and pleasure to please. 
Possessing these views, therefore, our yearly announcement and 
salutation to our Subscribers will be limited to an expression of thanks 
for their prolonged confidence, and the assertion of our annually repeated, 
but as often verified, promise, that the style of the work, in all its features, 
