EDITORIAL 



Although the subscription price of this magazine was 

 raised to $1.25 at the beginning of the present year, we did not 

 raise the price to old subscribers. All on our list last January 

 will be billed at the dollar rate as long as they remain sub- 

 scribers. To new subscribers, however, the price is $1.25 a 

 year or two years for $2.00 in advance. New subscribers may 

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 as issued. Becoming a "permanent" subscriber does not imply a 

 subscription for any definite length of time, but it does carry 

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 ordered stopped. Nearly half of our subscribers are on the 

 permanent list and we recommend this method of subscribing 



to others. 



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In this issue we publish the first part of the list of wild 

 plants which are edible or which produce edible parts. There 

 is no doubt that the list can be greatly extended and we espe- 

 cially invite additions from members of the Botanical Observa- 

 tion Club. It will be well to include, also, plants known to 

 yield fibers, soaps, and dyes, but not drugs. There are a large 

 number of plants with tonic, astringent, demulcent and other 

 properties useful in medicine, but the medical profession have 

 already investigated all that appear to be of value, though there 



