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 560 PLANTS JAVANICiE RAR10RES.

artists, these were found useful only in the representation of the general character and habit of the subjects. Mr. Brown therefore undertook the task of preparing such dis- sections as were necessary for the illustration of the generic characters, or other interesting points of structure, and of generally superintending the execution of the drawings ; to this portion of the work Mr. Brown cheerfully devoted particular care and attention, and his experience in analysis of vegetable structure will be duly appreciated by Botanists.

" After the completion of the drawings and of the illus- trative details, the subjects were put into the hands of the engraver, and Mr. Brown commenced the preparation of the text. In the prosecution of this task his public engage- ments, and other important scientific inquiries accumu- lating in a degree beyond what was expected when he commenced the work, it was agreed between Mr. Brown and myself that the original plan should be modified, and that the assistance of a coadjutor should be ob- tained.

" On this point I have the satisfaction to state that J.J. Bennett, Esq., Mr. Brown's assistant in the Botanical Department of the British Museum, was found willing to prepare for the press such articles as were left unfinished by Mr. Brown, and likewise to co-operate generally in the preparation of the work. Mr. Brown has, agreeably to his original intention, contributed his remarks on the affinity and structure of the subjects described; he has also afforded many valuable suggestions in the progress of the work, and the whole has received his examination and revisal.

" I embrace with pleasure and satisfaction the oppor- tunity now afforded me of publicly expressing my great obligations to Mr. Brown. The examination and arrange- ment of my Herbarium, the laborious duties connected with the superintendence of the figures contained in this work, the preparation of the illustrative details, and the time devoted to the description of the subjects, are by no means the only marks of friendship which I have received

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