Referee's report by Frederick Frost Blackman, on a paper 'The comparative rate of absorption of various salts by plant tissue' by Walter Stiles and Franklin Kidd Sectional Committee: Botany Not recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Suggests an alternate way of viewing the data, which has been communicated to the authors, and on which point they agree. Suggests referring the paper back to the authors for modification. [Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London' B, 1919] Endorsed on verso as received 14 August 1918. [September 1918]