10S THE AMERICAN BOTANIST 



Our readers are probably aware that Congress has set 

 its approval upon a zone system of postage rates for maga- 

 zines, similar to the zone system now existing in connection 

 with the parcels post. This system will undoubtedly in- 

 crease the cost of all magazines to subscribers at any great 

 distance from the office of publication, for publishers will 

 certainly add the cost of transportaton to the subscription 

 price. The new rates do not go into effect until July 1, 

 1918, but in anticipation of an increase we would say that 

 to all subscribers definitely on our "permanent" list before 

 that date, the price will. not be advanced. The "permanent" 

 list, it may be said for the benefit of new subscribers, con- 

 sists of those who order the magazine continued until 

 ordered stopped. If paid for within the year, the price to 

 such subscribers is $1.00. At the suggestion of a subscrib- 

 er, we have decided to reopen the old "permanent" list at 75 

 cents a year to all who have complete sets of the magazine 

 or who subsequently become possessed of a set. Since the 

 number of full sets remaining is less than fifty, the chance 

 to get on this list of immortals is rapidly diminishing. 



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For thirteen successive seasons, the Tasmanian Field 

 Naturalists' Club has made an Easter camping out expedi- 

 tion to various picturesque spots in Tasmania and the ad- 

 jacent islands. Through the kindness of some unknown 

 friend, we have received the reports of the trips from which 

 it appears that this type of nature study is both interesting 

 and popular. If the editor ever gets as far away from home 

 as Tasmania, he proposes hunting up the Field Naturalists' 

 Club and begging an invitation for Easter week. 



