Referee's report by Joseph Lister, on a paper 'On some new and typical micro-organisms obtained from water and soil' by Grace C Frankland and Percy Faraday Frankland Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The methods of research are not original. The paper is more suited for the Proceedings, but a previous paper by the same authors was published in the Philosophical Transactions, which may indicate the current paper be treated in the same manner. Suggests the addition of an explanation of the plates. Subject: Zoology, Botany [Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', 1888] [1888]