Botanical Gazette for 1884. 



VOLUME IX. 



The Botanical Gazette enters upon its ninth year with a strong eonstitu- 

 • ncy, and an increasing determination on the part of the editors to make it a 

 journal worthy the support of every botanist. It is with great satisfaction that 

 we can announce that the generous support of botanists has placed the Gazette 

 on a sure financial basis, and that we can look to even greater enlargement. 

 Eight years ago Ave printed four pages per month, then eight, then twelve, and 

 during this year sixteen or twenty pages have been printed every month and 

 with all these improvements the subscription price has never changed. We be- 

 lieve we can fairly claim to be the largest journal in the world, devoted strictly 

 to botanical science, that can be purchased for one dollar per year. 



During the coming year we desire to have all the departments of botany 

 represented in our pages even more fully than ever before, and hope to make 

 the Gazette faithfully reflect the botanical activity not only of this country but 

 of Europe. We therefore will welcome notes and papers upon any subject con- 

 nected with botany, and classification, morphology, physiology, etc., shall all 

 share alike. We can make no better promise for the future than to give the 

 customary list of names of some of our contributors during the present year, 

 with this statement, however, that the list would have been much longer if all 

 promises had been fulfilled. Following is a partial list of contributors for the 

 current volume : 



Mrs. K. M. AUSTIN. 

 Prof. W. W. BAILEY. 

 L. H. BAILEY, Jr. 

 Prof. W. J. BEAL. 

 M. S. BEBB. 

 WM. C. CUSICK. 

 GEO. E. DAVENPORT. 

 Dr. GEO. ENGELMANN. 

 Prof. W. G. FARLOW. 

 AUG. F. FOERSTE. 

 Prof. ASA GRAY. 

 Rev. E. L. GREENE. 

 Rev. E. J. HILL. 



JOS. F. JAMES. 



MARCUS E. JONES. 



THOMAS MEEHAN. 



A. P. MORGAN. 



Prof. A. N. PRENTISS. 



VOLNEY RATTAN. 



EUGENE A. RAU. 



H. W. RAVENEL. 



J. H. REDFIELD. 



Dr. J. T. ROTHROCK. 



Dr. E. LEWIS STURTEVANT. 



Prof. WM. TRELEASE. 



Dr. GEO. VASEY. 



GAZETTE PRIZE. 



The Gazette offers a prize of ^50 for the best life history of any plant, upon 

 the following conditions : All papers must be sent to the Editor on or before 

 May 1st, 1884, must be the results of original investigation, and must be con- 

 sidered the propei ty of the Gazette. Papers must bear no signature other than 

 a word or motto, which should also be written upon a sealed envelope which 

 contains the name and address of the author. The committee of award consists 

 of Prof. C. E. Bessey and Dr. W. G. Farlow, who will appoint a third. The 

 right is reserved of rejecting all papers unless worthy of a prize. The success- 

 ful paper, as well as all other worthy ones, will be published in the Gazette, 

 with all necessary illustrations. 



CHAS. R. BARNES, JOHN M. COULTER, 



J. C. ARTHUR, Editor. 



Associate Editors. 



