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to substitute it for the proposed drawing. The result was most 
satisfactory to all concerned, the oil being a beautiful picture and a 
dignified presentment of its subject. 
There was a large gathering of Mr. Darwin’s old pupils on the 
occasion of the presentation, about sixty people being present. Mr. 
F. F. Blackman explained the circumstances leading up to the gift. 
Mr. Seward presented the portrait and Professor Marshall Ward 
accepted it on behalf of the Department. Professor J. Reynolds 
Green, as Mr. Darwin’s oldest pupil, then presented the book of 
autographs, and Mr. Darwin replied. Finally Professor Oliver 
thanked the Cambridge botanists and particularly Mr. Blackman, 
who had organised the proceedings. 
The impossibility of adequately expressing, at any rate in the 
English language, what was in the minds and hearts of everyone 
present, was very keenly felt. Reference was made by nearly 
every speaker to Mr. Darwin’s decision to return to Cambridge 
after his brief period of residence in London, a decision as much 
regretted by his London colleagues as it is welcomed by those of 
Cambridge. 
Some of the most useful catalogues of botanical literature 
published are those of Messrs. Wm. Wesley & Son, 28, Essex Street, 
Strand. The last of these is mainly devoted to Plant Geography. 
There are 1,244 titles under this head, which includes floras, and 
monographs of genera, etc., devoted to particular countries or 
regions. The titles are arranged under geographical headings— 
General, Great Britain and Ireland, Continental Europe, Asia, 
Africa, America, and Australia. We would suggest that in the case 
of a useful and comprehensive catalogue of this kind, an effort 
should be made at more completeness in the case of the most 
important works, e.g., Drude’s “ Handbuch der Pflanzengeographie” 
and “ Atlas ” should appear under “General,” and the papers of 
Robert and W. G. Smith, etc., under “ Great Britain and Ireland 
also Engler and Drude’s series of “ Vegetation der Erde ” should 
be included. The price of the catalogue is 6d. 
We have received a prospectus of a new Journal, the 
“ Bio-Chemical Journal,” the first number of which is to be issued in 
January. “ Contributions are invited, dealing with all portions of the 
subject of Bio-Chemistry in its widest sense, both Botantical and 
Zoological.” The Journal will be issued monthly, so far as material 
is available, and each volume will consist of about 480 pages. The 
subscription will be 15/- a volume. The Journal has been 
financially guaranteed for a number of years. The Editors are 
Messrs. B. Moore and E. Whitley, Bio-Chemical Department, 
University of Liverpool. 
In view of the enormous increase of work dealing with this 
fundamental subject, the cheapness of the proposed Journal, and 
the excellent auspices under which it is issued, there should be a 
cordial and widespread response to the request for support. We 
may hope that some of the excellent work being carried on in this 
country on plant Bio-Chemistry, small though it is in amount 
compared with that done on the animal side, will be represented in 
the pages of the new Journal. A half-yearly article on the progress 
of Bio-Chemistry would probably add greatly to the attractiveness 
of the new Journal in the eyes of many prospective subscribers. 
R. MAULEY, PRINTER, WHITFIELD STREET, W. 
