Referee's report by Robert Kidston, on a paper 'The structure and affinities of fossil plants from the palaeozoic rocks. V. A new type of sphenophyllaceous cone (sphenophyllum fertile) from the lower coal measures' by Dukinfield Henry Scott Sectional Committee: Botany Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions, without modification. All the illustrations are necessary for the complete understanding of the structure of the cone described. It is a most important paper containing the description of a fructification of great interest, and one which throws much new light on the fructifications of the Paleozoic rocks. [Published in Philosophical Transactions B, 1906]. Endorsed on verso as received 3 January 1904. January 1904