Referee's report by Ernest John Maskell, on a paper 'Further experimental investigations of the shoot apex of Dryopteris aristata Druce' by C W Wardlaw Sectional committee: Botany Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. There is some repetition in the discussion and it could be shortened. Apologises for returning the paper late, as it arrived when he was away from Cambridge. [Published in Philosophical Transactions B, 1949]. Endorsed on recto as received 6 May 1948. 6 May 1948