130 THE AMERICAN BOTANIST 



* * * The name it has so long and honorably borne will 

 be retained. * * * It is no reflection on the Society to 

 say that they will have to step lively if they improve the pace 

 it has set. * * * It is our favorite trade paper. * * * 

 One of the literary magazines recently announced the demise 

 of the Guide to Nature, but the irrepressible Bigelow says the 

 report is greatly exaggerated. * * * There w^as a fire in 

 the office, recently but the Guide is a regular phoenix. * * * 

 "There was never a brighter outlook than at present," says 

 Bigelow. * * * 'pi^e Writers' Monthly of Springfield, 

 Mass. has enlarged again, adopted a dififerent type-face and 

 made two columns to the page. * * * This is the only 

 writers' magazine that we would subscribe for if we did not 

 get it in exchange. * * * Even the botanically-minded 

 will find it of interest. * * * The "Ofiicial Catalogue of 

 Standardized Plant Names" which has been in preparation 

 for a number of years is announced as on the eve of publica- 

 tion. * * * Harlan P. Kelsey, Salem. Mass., has charge 

 of the sales. * * * pive dollars a copy and probably 

 worth it. * * * We shall say more about that when we 

 have seen a copy. * * * A new edition of the "Fern 

 Lovers' Companion" or rather the original edition with a 

 few changes made by the new publishers is now on the market. 



* * * Little, Brown & Co., have the book. * * * 

 The price has been increased to $3. * * * A new jack- 

 et, with a complimentary notice by tlie Reviewer gives it c' 

 certain eclat — if you know what that means. * * * The 

 first number of a new Polish botanical publication has found 

 its way across the Atlantic. * * * Jt^^ f,^^]! title is "Acta 

 Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae" and it is published at War- 

 saw. * * * fhe first number is verv well arranged. 



* * * A number of the articles it contains are written in 



