Excerpt from The New Flora of the Volcanic Island of Krakatau
HE unique example, afforded by the development of the New Flora of Krakatau, of the colonisation of an island, completely deprived of vegetation by a series of volcanic eruptions, is a su cient justification for the publication of Professor Ernst's pamphlet in an English form.
The additional photographs (plates V. And VII.) referred to by the Author in the Preface have been reproduced from prints kindly supplied by Professor Ernst from his own negatives. A few references and other additions for which the translator is responsible are enclosed in square brackets. To Professor and Mrs Ernst I am greatly indebted for several corrections and additions which they have made in the course of their careful revision of the English text: I am indebted also to Colleagues in the Botany School for help In regard to certain passages in the translation.
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