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EDITORIAL. 



Mr. Charles Louis Pollard and Mr. William li. Maxon of the 

 ^National Herbariuru left Washington on July 7th for a two month's 

 collecting trip through the Southern States. They Avill stop first at 

 Auburn, Alabama, from which point they will make a trip by wagon 

 through the northern part of the state. They will also visit the moun- 

 tains of Tennessee, West Virginia and Georgia. 



We note with regret that our contemporary Enjtlica was discon- 

 tinued with the close of Volume VII, pressure of other duties on the 

 part of the editor compelling its abandonment. However, Pacific 

 coast botan}^ is not to be unrepresented for Zo,'^ which has been un- 

 dergoing a case of suspended animation for several years, now begins 

 Volume V under the editorial supervision of Mrs. Kathrine C. 

 Brandegee. This latter journal was always a spicy organ, and we are 

 glad to welcome it ao;ain. 



Another paper by the excentric botanist llafinesque has just been 

 brought to light by James Britten, and is republished in full in the 

 June number of the Journal of Botany. It is a review of the ency- 

 clopa?dia of plants of Loudon, Lindley and Sowersby, published in 

 1832. It is written in his characteristic style and makes numerous 

 corrections and changes of names, some of which may affect certain 

 North American plants. As a very distinguished scientist once said of 

 llafinesque: "It would have been better for science had he never been 

 born. ' ' 



