NOTES AND COMMENT 



With this issue The Plant Woeld ceases to appear under its pres- 

 ent name and management. The subscription list and good will of 

 the journal have been transferred to the Ecological Society of America, 

 and it will continue to appear as a quarterly under the title Ecology. 

 The number of pages published per annum in quarterly form will be as 

 great as heretofore under monthly appearance. As the Editorial Board 

 of the Ecological Society aims to use the new journal as a reflection of 

 the science of ecology in its broadest aspects, the readers of The Plant 

 World may expect to find in Ecology papers covering all phases of the 

 ecology and physiology of plants, as well as the added feature of papers 

 dealing with animal ecology. 



The desirability of the publication of a journal by the Ecological 

 Society led to the suggestion that The Plant World be made the 

 organ of the Society. Under its present name, however, it was im- 

 possible to indicate the including of animal ecology in its scope. Since 

 it was necessary to change the name of the journal it was obviously 

 desirable to start with a new series of volume numbers. In spite of 

 these rather profound outward changes it is hoped that the many 

 friends of The Plant World will look upon the new journal as a con- 

 tinuation of the old one, now enjoying the support of a well established 

 society and deriving its papers from a larger circle of workers. 



It has been arranged that all subscribers who have paid in advance 

 for 1920, or any part of the year, will receive Ecology. If there should 

 be any persons to whom this arrangement is not acceptable, they 

 should notify Dr. C. Stuart Gager, Business Manager, Brooklyn 

 Botanic Garden, Brooklyn, N. Y. 



The members of the Plant World Association who have been finan- 

 cially interested in the journal will continue their organization under 

 the name The Plant World Company. All requests for volumes and 

 single numbers of The Plant World should be addressed to The 

 Plant World Company, Tucson, Arizona. Regarding the future 

 handling of the line of scientific apparatus, books, separates and other 

 publications which have been sold by The Plant World, readers are 

 referred to an announcement in the advertising pages of this issue. 



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