THE AMERICAN BOTANIST 147 



are some that may be substituted for better kinds should the 

 supply of the latter fail. Material is accumulating- for the list 

 of plants with disagreeable odors. This will probably be pub- 

 lished in the next issue. We purpose dividing it into the plants 

 with ill-scented flowers and those with foliage of a disagreeable 

 odor. Notes from all are desired. There are no dues nor fees 

 in the Botanical Observation Club. Anybody interested in any 

 subject that comes up for discussion is invited to add his 



observations. 



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The ingenious plan to encourage war savings which our 

 government has just inaugurated makes it possible for every 

 person in the country to join in the war loan and, therefore, 

 deserves to be enthusiastically supported. Thrift stamps, cost- 

 ing 25 cents each, and war savings stamps, costing $4.12 now 

 and one cent a month extra for each succeeding month of 1918 

 have been issued and may be purchased nearly everywhere. 

 The thrift stamps do not bear interest, but when $1.00 worth 

 have been secured, they may be exchanged for a war savings 

 stamp by paying the extra few cents and this latter stamp bears 

 interest at 1%, compounded quarterly. Subscriptions to this 

 magazine may be paid in thrift stamps and all orders for back 

 numbers may be paid for in war savings stamps. 



BOOKS AND WRITERS 



In response to inquiries, we report that the "1917 Official 

 Code of Standardized Plant Names," issued by the American 

 Joint Committee of Horticultural Nomenclature, mentioned in 

 our August number, may be obtained of the secretary, Harlan 

 P. Kelsey, Salem, Mass., for 25 cents a copy. The Code con- 

 tains about 3500 plant names with those that the Committee 

 propose to use starred. Since these names are likely to be used 

 in future by the makers of seed catalogues and the like, the 



