THE JOURNAL OF THE ARNOLD ARBORETUM 



DuRiXG the ten years from 1887 to 1897 Garden and Forest^ a weekly Jour- 

 nal of Horticulture and Forestry, offered the opportunity for the prompt 

 publication of information about trees and shrubs collected at the Arnold 

 Arboretum. Since the publication of that journal was discontinued the 

 Arboretum has had no organ on which it could depend to publish within a 

 reasonable time the material which is gathered in its laboratories. 



To overcome this difficulty the Arboretum will now begin the publication 

 of a quarterly journal. In its pages will appear notes on trees and shrubs 

 with descriptions of new species and their relationships, letters from cor- 

 respondents, and notes on the vegetation of countries visited by officers and 

 agents of the Arboretum. In the Journal of the Arboretum will appear 

 also such items of news about the Arboretum, its library, collections, and 

 jjrojects which will interest botanists, horticulturists and other friends of the 

 institution. 



Since 1911 information in regard to the flowering and fruiting of some of 

 the interesting plants in the Arboretum and their cultivation has appeared 



)/ Popular Infi 



The 



Journal of the Arboretum will not take the place of these Bulletins, which 



will be continued. 



C, S. Sargent 



Julv, 1919 



