Six histories of the Company and its journals

Annals of Botany was conceived at Magdalen College, Oxford during the mid-1880s

Isaac Bayley Balfour, K.B.E., D.Sc., M.D., LL.D., F.R.S.
By J. B. FARMER
Annals of Botany, Old Series Vol. 37, No. 146 (Apr. 1923), pp. 335-339.

Foreword to the New Series Vol. 1 (51st Volume).
By J. B. FARMER
Annals of Botany, Vol. 1, No. 1 (Jan. 1937), p. 1 only.

The Origin of the Annals of Botany.
By K. WILSON
Annals of Botany, Vol. 42, No. 179 (May 1978), pp. 741-745.

One hundred and twenty-five years of the Annals of Botany. Part 1: the first 50 years (1887–1936) with supplementary data.
By M. B. JACKSON
Annals of Botany, Vol. 115 (1), (Jan. 2015), pp. 1–18.

One hundred and twenty-five years of the Annals of Botany. Part 2: the years 1937 to 2012 with supplementary data.
By M. B. JACKSON
Annals of Botany, Vol. 118 (7), (Dec. 2016), pp. 1225-1255.

Ten years of AoB PLANTS  the open access journal for plant scientists: inception and progress since 2009.
By M. B. JACKSON
AoB PLANTS, Vol. 11 (3), (Jun 2019), plz025.

Eighty-six years of Annals of Botany cover formats, from 1937 to 2023

These covers represent the entire run of the 'New Series' of Annals of Botany, which followed the original series begun in 1887. See Jackson (2015) and (2016) for examples of all cover styles from 1887 to 2012, and van der Kooi and Sage (2023) for a fuller explanation of the covers reproduced below.

The 1971-1986 cover style was modified to list Short Communications (1975-1984), or the editorial board members (1985-1986). From 1991, a metallic monochrome cover (1991-1996) and then full colour (1997 onward) was used, and the journal size increased from 17x25 cm to a larger 21x28 cm format. From 1991 to 2023, a different inset image drawn from an article in the issue was used, and from 1997, this was superimposed on a yearly changing image with a green background. From mid 2023 (Vol. 132) onward, each issue had a single large cover image.

Scans and cover images compiled by T Schwarzacher and RF Sage.