294 THE PLANT WORLD 



Editorial. 



Owing to the delay in going to press this month, caused by the 

 necessity of securing reports of the proceedings of the Wild Flower 

 Preservation Society at its Managers' meeting, we shall defer the full 

 announcement of our plans for the coming year until the next issue. As 

 an indication, however, of one of the departments which will receive 

 careful attention, it may be stated that Professor Francis K. Lloyd, of 

 the Teachers' College, Columbia University, New York, will join our 

 staff as editor in charge of the nature study and teachers' department. 

 Professor Lloyd needs no introduction 'to the readers of The Plant 

 World, and we believe that he will make the magazine valuable to every 

 teacher of biology in the country. 



In view of the improvements, past and present, in this publication, it 

 has been determined to advance the subscription price to $1.50 per year, 

 on and after January 1, 1904. Those who renew before that date will be 

 privileged to do so at the old rate, and those whose subscriptions are 

 already paid ahead will, of course, continue to receive the magazine 

 without further charge until the expiration of their terms. 



We have not taken this step without careful consideration, and we 

 have consulted a number of our old subscribers, whose comments have 

 been so gratifying that we do not consider any apologies necessary other 

 than to state that we propose to make The Plant World every whit 

 worth its price. 



To members of the Wild Flower Preservation Society the magazine 

 will be sent at a special price, in addition to the annual dues, which have 

 been reduced from one dollar to fifty cents. The Secretary's announce- 

 ment on another page wall explain this matter fully. 



We extend to all past, present, and future subscribers our cordial 

 greetings of the season, and ask them to give us an opportunity during 

 the next few months to prove the justice of the statement made long ago 

 by one of our readers, that " The Plant World would be well worth 

 twice the price you ask for it." 



As we go to press, St. Louis is preparing to receive the American 

 Association for the Advancement of Science and the numerous afiiliated 

 societies that will hold their sessions with it during convocation week. 

 Botany will be represented by Section G of the Association ; by the 

 Botanical Club of the latter ; by the Botanical Society of America ; and 

 by the Botanists of the Central West. The Society for Plant Morphology 

 and Physiology will not meet in St. Louis. 



