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It is Avith great pleasure that we reprint in this issue 

 Prof. Ganong's article on Nomenclature. After reading 

 this lucid account of the differences between the old and 

 new nomenclatures, our readers may judge whether the 

 preposterous new proposition is worth adopting. It is 

 a significant fact that many who at first were to be num- 

 bered among the supporters of the new order of things 



have since returned to the estabhshed nomenclature, 



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Although an invitation to readers to send in short 

 notes is kept standing in our Note and Comment depart- 

 ment, the number of such notes received is far below the 

 number we would like to receive. We deplore this, not 

 because we need such articles to fill up the magazine, but 

 because the silence of those who can write is depriving all 

 of us of much entertaining information. It is not neces- 

 sary that your notes are sent to us. Send them to any 

 publication you hke ; if they are of the right kind, we will 

 promptly reprint them. The main thing is that you write. 

 The trouble with most botanists is that the short notes 

 are usually laid up in the memory in the hope that some 

 day enough others will be secured to make a long article. 

 It will be noticed, however, that when one botanist visits 

 another, neither is likely to talk in long articles. Ques- 

 tions, facts, fancies and opinions are rapidly exchanged 

 and both have a good time. It is the same way in print. 

 Do you not always read the short articles in the botanical 

 magazines first ? Indeed this trait is so well known that 

 a certain magazine that begins with long articles and 

 ends with short ones, is said to be always read backward 

 like a Japanese book. The value that attaches to these 

 short notes, then, is sufficient excuse for urging that more 

 of them be written. A postal card gives just about room 

 enough for such a note. When next an interesting fact 

 comes to mind seize the opportunity to record it. 



