Journal of Mtcologt 



A Periodical Devoted to North American M\cology. Issued "Bi- 

 monthly,- January, Alarch, May, July, September and November 

 Price, $2.00 per Year. To Foreign Subscribers $2.25. Edited and 



^ W. A. Kellerman, Ph. D., Columbus, Ohio. 



EDITOR'S NOTES. 



Thk somewhat belated appearance of the present No. is due 

 to the editor's absence in Central America, being engaged the 

 entire winter in making mycological explorations in Guatemala. 



The advantages of annual meetings of scientific workers are 

 recognized by all — the chief being perhaps the inspiration of 

 contact. Whether the reading of technical papers is worth the 

 time consumed is doubted by many. Could not the time be still 

 more limited for such, and the gist of the matter be told orally? 



The fusion of three botanical societies or organizations, as 

 accomplished at the last meeting of the A. A. A. S., is another 

 step in the right direction. An audience of some size is as- 

 sured — and surely this is an advantage, especially if discussion 

 is secured of the radical propositions, new ideas, and progressive 

 work. The annual fee should be low — real students and devoted 

 investigators are seldom money makers. They of all persons 

 should not be debarred membership. Something can be said 

 in favor of the custom of such societies making grants for re- 

 search work, but much more against it. It is a tax on many 

 workers who can ill afford to make such contributions to others — 

 they themselves are in dire need of funds for experiment and re- 

 search. Let the pleasure of giving still remain with those in- 

 telligent and liberal-minded men whose devotion and sagacity 

 have enabled them to accumulate much of this world's goods. 



Joarnal of Mycology, Vol. 13, pp. 41-88, Issued April 30, 1907. 



