EDITORIAL 



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When this issue of The American Botanist went to press 

 we had no idea that we would have the opportunity to re-edit 

 it and add a postcript, as it were ; but as it turndd' out after the 

 magazine had been printed and sent to the bindery a fire broke 

 out which completely destroyed the issue and as the metal from 

 which it was printed had already been melted up, the entire 

 magazine had to be reset at the cost of considerable delay. 

 Since our printing is done by another company, this magazine 

 loses nothing but time in consequence of the fire, but as 

 Franklin used to observe "Time is the stufif life is made of" and 

 we apologize to our readers for subtracting from their lives 

 even so small a part is represented by the failure of this maga- 

 zine to appear on time. At this writing most of the August 

 number is reddy and barring accidents, will appear as usual 

 while this present number should be out the first week in July. 

 The building in which the printing firm is located has a rather 

 unenviable record for fires. It has required the attention of 

 the fire department eight times in half as many years. Earlier 

 in the present year another fire in this building delayed the ap- 

 pearance of The Fern Bulletin and we begin to feel like a'dding 

 to our date line the old familiar legend "Providence and the 

 weather permitting." However, in order to show that there 

 is no ill feeling because of the delay, all our subscribers whose 

 subscriptions have expired might renew at once! 



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Last month there was passed by the New York State 

 Legislature a bill to incorporate "The Carnagie Corporation of 

 New York" which is authorized to "receive and maintain a 

 fund and apply the income to promote the advancement and 

 diffusion of knowledge among the people of the United States 



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