EDITORIAL 



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Never before in the history of this magazine have we had 

 so many subscribers upon our books, and never have we had 

 fewer unpaid accounts. This speaks volumes for the interest 

 that is taken in our kind of botany. At the outset there were 

 many who doubted our abihty to get support for a pubHcation 

 devoted chiefly to economic and ecological botany, but we 

 are proving that they were mistaken. If we can now add 

 at least two hundred more names to our list, we will at ^once 

 increase the size of this magazine by adding eight pages to 

 each issue. Is this not worth working for? Speak to your 

 botanizing friends about it. Every new subscriber increases 

 the value of the magazine to you. And while we are about 

 it, we would like to get those remaining unpaid accounts closed 

 up and therefore enclose a bill in this number for all whose 

 accounts are a year or more in arrears. It will not cost our 

 subscribers much of an effort to square up accounts, for the 

 sums due are all small. It may be well, too, to remember 

 our offer of twelve volumes for $5.00. 



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In a single day's mail this month, we received three 

 orders for sets of the first four volumes of our magazine. The 

 Fern Bulletin. These volumes have long been out of print, 

 and of course we could not fill the orders, but this shows how 

 the demand for the early numbers of a good magazine con- 

 tinues. Nearly fifteen years after publication, these numbers 

 are in greater demand, and command a higher price than 

 when first issued. A similar state of affairs is going to exist, 

 some day, regarding The American Botanist. The 

 supply is not inexhaustible. Our urgent invitation 



for all who can, to get a full set, is not made entirely be- 

 cause we desire to sell the magazine. Of course, we expect 



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