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thank for whatever of interest and instruction they have gained from 

 the journal during the past year. 



The classification of the original articles is of some interest 

 Naturally taxonomy and morphology lead with 44 titles, of which 

 32 belong to phanerogams and 12 to cryptogams; physiology stands 

 next with 17 (including four entries relating to flowers and insects); 

 anatomy and development have 10; teratology and variations 6, ap- 

 paratus and methods 4; plant diseases 2; and reports of societies, etc.* 

 5. Making allowance for the various other places of publication the 

 relative numbers of articles probably represent fairly the character of 

 work which is now going on, if we except the study of plant diseases. 

 The economic bearings of this study usually determine the publication 

 of articles on these subjects elsewhere. 



'When the great increase in sources of publication is considered it 

 is rather surprising that the supply for a journal covering so wide a 

 field as this continues unabated. The Bulletins of the Agricultural Ex- 

 periment Stations, the Proceedings of various societies and academies, 

 the West American Scientist, Zoe, the American Naturalist, the Ameri- 

 can Journal of Science, the American Garden, Garden and Forest and 

 other similar journals contain many botanical articles; the Annals of 

 Botany takes off some of the longer papers; while the Bulletin of the 

 Torrey Botanical Club and the Journal of Mycology are replete with 

 original articles and summaries of current work. Is there, by reason 

 of these abundant sources of publication, temptation to the sending 

 out of hasty and incomplete work ? 



The editors' labor during the year has not been inconsiderable. 

 Twenty works have received extended review, and nearly fifty shorter 

 notices have been written to keep abreast of the " Current Literature " 

 sent to our table for review. Under the heading " Notes and News " 

 have appeared nearly 200 items, giving a great variety of information 

 about current events in the botanical world. This, together with the 

 routine work connected with the regular issuance of the journal, has 

 involved an expenditure of energy which few can appreciate who do 

 not know it from experience. It has been to the editors a labor of 

 love, however. They hope that the readers of the Gazette have been 

 helped by it to a wider knowledge and a more zealous study of the 

 science which we all delight to honor 



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