Memorandum from J D Griffith Davies, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, on a paper 'The fine structure of the wall of the conifer tracheid I. The X-ray diagram of conifer wood' by Reginald Dawson Preston to Ernest John Maskell Asks if a botanist can be suggested to report on the paper. Asks if he will be willing to pass the paper for publication if the first report is favourable. Maskell replies that he suggests G E Briggs. He is willing to pass the paper if the report is favouable. [Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 1946]. 27 August 1945