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No. 732 
DECEMBER, 1923 
Vol. LXI 
THE 
JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
BRITISH AND FOREIGN 
I 
EDITED BY 
JAMES BRITTEN, K. C. S. G., F.L.S. 
LATE SENIOR ASSISTANT, DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY, BRITISH MUSEUM. 
CONTENTS 
PAGE 
The Vitality and Distribution of 
Seeds. By J. C. Shenstone, 
. T i .3. ................................. —-97 
Orchis Fuchsii Druce. By Colonel 
M. J. Godfery, F.L.S. 306 
A Key to the British Sphagna. By 
W. R. Sherrin, A.L.S. 310 
Short Notes : — Arum italicum in 
Sussex — Callitriche truncata 
Guss. 314 
PAGE 
Reviews :— 
Practical Plant Ecology : a Guide 
for Beginners in Field Study of 
Plant Communities. By A. G. 
Tansley, M.A., F.R.S... 314 
Dwarf and Slow-growing Conifers. 
By Murray Hornibrook . 316 
Book-Notes, News, etc. . 317 
Supplement. —Dr. H. O. Forbes’s 
New Guinea Plants ( concluded). 
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