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Referee's report by David Prain, on a paper 'Longitudinal symmetry in Phanerogamia' by Percy Groom

Reference number: RR/17/168

Date: March 1907

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Sectional Committee: Botany

Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Suggests parts which should be published by the Royal Society, and which parts would be better suited to a botanical journal. The paper is long but intelligible. Suggests part III could be omitted, with the remainder published in the Proceedings, along with just the curves mentioned in part I. The paper does not meet the standards of being 'properly prepared as copy for press' and the illustrations less so.

Official addendum indicates that the paper as it stands would cost £160 for print and £34 for illustrations. As publications are an increasing cost for the Royal Society, it would be best to consider if the paper could be reduced.

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

Endorsed on verso as received 27 February 1907.

Reference number
RR/17/168
Earliest possible date
March 1907
Physical description
Standardised form (type A) and letter on paper
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript

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David Prain, Referee's report by David Prain, on a paper 'Longitudinal symmetry in Phanerogamia' by Percy Groom, March 1907, RR/17/168, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_17_168/referees-report-by-david-prain-on-a-paper-longitudinal-symmetry-in-phanerogamia-by-percy-groom, accessed on 24 April 2025

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    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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