[1] Luxford died in 1854, and the title was taken over by Alexander Irvine and William Pamplin, who ran it to 1863 with subtitle "a botanical journal".
Newman used its pages to attack Vestiges of Creation (1844), in an outspoken signed review that stood out from the mass of anonymous comment.
Luxford's overall editorial policy, however, gave space to those supporting transmutation of species.
[7] In the early issues Luxford wrote a series of ten articles on myco-heterotrophy, around Monotropa hypopithys, and prompted sharp debate.
[8] New Phytologist was launched by Arthur Tansley in 1902, with a conscious nod to its predecessor.