•^ EDITORIAL 1^. 



The August number of this magazine may be a few days 

 late, owing to the fact that the Editor expects to be conduct- 

 ing a botanical exploring party across the Painted Desert of 

 Arizona in July. The party will visit the Pueblo Indians, the 

 cliff ruins, Navajo Mountain and the Rainbow Bridge and 

 hope to bring back a rather complete collection of the plants. 

 The region is one that has never been explored botanically but 

 previous trips have shown the flora to be most interesting. If 

 any of our readers care to join the party, we can fnid place for 

 one or two more. Transportation part of the way is by horse- 

 back and sleeping accomodations consist of a soft bed in the 

 sand. Food will be plain but sufficient. That the trip will 

 not be too strenuous may be assumed from the fact that 

 nearly half the party are women. The cost, aside from the 



railway fare, is negligible. 



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Each year a thousand or more new readers ask for sample 

 copies of this magazine. If all subsequently subscribed our 

 circulation would justify a much larger magazine than we 

 publish at present, l)ut unfortunately they do not. As a mat- 

 ter of fact it requires a rather philosophical type of mind to 

 appreciate the matter we publish. Without attempting to 

 compliment our readers we must nevertheless add that with- 

 out a single exception, all who are personally known to us are 

 above the average in intelligence. After thinking the matter 

 over we are disposed to think that this is also a compliment to 

 us. Whenever we find a new reader with the t)'pe of mind 



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