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great mass of the botanically inclined are interested almost en- 

 tirely in collecting and exchanging plants. The philosophical 

 botanists and botanizers must always be few and far between, 

 but such as there are we are pleased to number them among 



our subscribers. 



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In the not very distant future, this magazine expects to in- 

 crease to forty pages an issue with no increase in the subscrip- 

 tion price. When most magazines enlarge the price enlarges 

 likewise, the editors evidently reasoning that a smaller circula- 

 tion at an increased price per copy is better than a wider read 

 ing at the old figure. Every time we have increased this 

 magazine, which has been several times, the increased circula- 

 tian has made up for the increased cost of making and we ex- 

 pect the same results again. Before we can enlarge, however, 

 we must have a larger amount of contributed articles and notes. 

 There has been a gratifying response to our request in the 

 August issue, but, like certain eminent financiers we still want 

 more. 



BOOKS AND WRITERS. 



"The Landscape Beautiful" is the rather hackneyed title 

 for a series of essays on the utility of the natural landscape and 

 its relation to human life and happiness, by F. A. Waugh. 

 Those who take up the book in the expectation of finding it a 

 manual of park and garden making will be disappointed, but 

 the disappointment should be lost in the delight which the book 

 must give to all who take pleasure in the beauties of nature or 

 who believe that the esthetic has a value as well as the practi- 

 cal. There are seventeen essays in all, and they range from a 

 discussion of the weather and the ministry of trees, to the 

 ownership of scenery, the art that mends nature and the land- 

 scape in literature. The author has a keen appreciation of the 



