THE PAGE-HEADING OF PERIODICALS 289 



in part neglected, and it may be that, attention being called to it, the 

 omission will in future be supplied. 



The periodicals which make the fullest use of this space come to us 

 from the States : the Botanical Gazette (Chicago), Bhodora (Boston) 

 and the Annals of the Missouri Botanic Garden (St. Louis), when 

 opened, supply at a glance all the information that can be required : 

 on the left-hand page the title of the periodical ; on the right the 

 name of the author, followed by the title, or an abbreviation thereof, 

 of the paper ^vhich appears below^ : the month and year of publica- 

 tion face each other in the junction of the two pages. The placing 

 of the title of the periodical on the left-hand page is in accordance 

 with recognized rule, and in the case of separate copies is a manifest 

 convenience.- 



It may be of interest to show how far botanical periodicals printed 

 in English avail themselves of the opportunity which page-headings 

 provide ; and I have therefore drawn up the following table, in which 

 is entered the title of the periodical, the name of the author, the 

 subject of the paper, and the date of publication : except in (8), 

 where the order is reversed, the author's name when given is on the 

 left-hand page, the subject on the right. The absence or presence of 

 each particular is indicated b}^ o or ! respectively. The titles are 

 arranged alphabetically : the Botanical Mar/azine and Icones Plan- 

 tar lun, coming as they do in a somewhat different category, are 

 referred to later ; the American periodicals already mentioned do 

 not appear. 



Periodical. S "^ co (^ 



1. American Journal of Botany o ! ! o 



2. Annals Bolus Herbarium o o ! o 



3. Annals of Botany ." o ! ! o 



4. Annals of Peradeniya Garden o ! ! o 



5. Botanical Journal ! o o o 



6. Bulletin of the Torrey Club o ! ! o 



7. Journal of Botany ! o ! o 



8. Journal of the Ecological Society o ! ! o 



9. Journal of the Kew^ Guild o o o o 



10. Journal of the Linnean Society o ! ! o 



11. Kew Bulletin o o o o 



12. New Phytologist o ! ! o 



13. Notes of the Edinburgh Botanical Gardens o ! ! o 



14. Orchid Keview ! o o ! 



15. Proceedings of the Linnean Society ! o o o 



16. Records of the Botanical Survey of India o o ! o 



17. Torreya o o o o 



18. Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh ! o o ! 



19. Transactions of the Linnean Society o ! ! o 



It is a matter of surprise that the periodical publications asso- 

 ciated with Kew should, with the exception of the Orchid BevieiCy 

 be unsatisfactory in respect of headings. Tlie Bulletin places at the 



