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ILLUSTEATIONS OF BEITISH FUNGI. 
For obvious reasons, our remarks on this head will be confined 
to a statement of facts. 
During the last Fungi meeting of the Woolhope Club the sub- 
ject of conversation, on one or two occasions, was the desirability of 
publishing at a reasonable price, and with as much expedition as 
possible, a series of coloured figures of the larger British Fungi, 
that is, of the Hymenomycetes. As a consequence such a work has 
now been commenced, and it remains with the mycologists of this 
country to determine whether it shall be continued with vigour or 
not. All particulars as to price, &c., will be found in the advertise- 
ment. 
It has been proposed that these Illustrations ” should be of uni- 
form size with the plates of this journal. That each part shall con- 
sist of sixteen 8vo. coloured plates, and that four parts shall, if 
possible, be issued during the year. No letter press will accompany 
the plates, but this will be compensated by the issue of a second 
edition of the first part of the “ Handbook,” uniform in size, which 
will be undertaken as soon as circumstances may warrant. 
The plates will represent the objects of a natural size whenever 
possible, but when reduced the scale of reduction will be named on 
the plate. In the same manner when enlarged the magnification 
will be stated. As far as possible an uniform scale of 420 diameters 
will be adopted for the spaces. 
The plates will be numbered consecutively as published, but they 
will not be stitched, so that any one may place them in systematic 
order as the publication proceeds. 
It would hardly have been possible to have issued such a series 
of figures in systematic order, and this will not be attempted, but 
whenever more than one species is figured on a plate, these will be 
closely consecutive species, so as not to interfere with a subsequent 
arrangement in accordance with the proposed “ Handbook.'* An 
effort will be made to give figures of all the species included in the 
British Flora, as far as the end of the Hymenomycetes. 
Co-operation will materially lessen the difficulties of the under- 
taking, which involves a serious amount of labour and expense. 
Only a limited number of copies will be printed, and those who are 
willing to encourage the work should send their names at once that 
they may receive their copies at the reduced subscription price. 
When the number of tivo hundred subscribers is completed the sub- 
scription list will be closed, and copies can only be obtained with- 
out any reduction in price. The principle of subscription is adopted 
only as a guarantee against the major cost of production, and its 
advantages are offered to those who are desirous of rendering that 
aid. 
The first part is already published, and the second is in prepara- 
tion. From these an opinion may be formed as to the execution 
