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APPENDIX 4 
REPORT ON BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN 
PUBIC ShiONS Toze 
American Journal of Botany.—Official organ of the Botanical 
Society of America. Monthly except August and September. 
The ten issues for 1923 comprise Volume X, with 59 articles on all 
phases of botany, 576 pages, 39 plates, and 59 text-figures. The 
circulation as of November 31 (the close of the fiscal year for the 
Journal) was 1,140. This is one of the largest circulations of any 
botanical journal published devoted solely to publishing the re- 
sults of research. Prof. C. E. Allen, University of Wisconsin, 
continued as editor-in-chief, with an editorial board of seven. 
Ecology.—Official organ of the Ecological Society of America. 
Quarterly. Volume IV, 1923, contains 36 contributions, besides 
numerous reviews, proceedings, abstracts of zoological literature, 
notes and comment. There were 439 pages with 95 text-figures. 
The circulation, as of December, 1922, was 877. Major Barring- 
ton Moore was continued as editor-in-chief with an editorial board 
of fifteen. 
Genetics —Bi-monthly. One issue of volume seven (1922) and 
five issues of volume eight (1923) appeared in 1923, comprising 
34 articles, 575 pages, 124 text-figures, and 8 plates. This jour- 
nal is published by the Garden in cooperation with the Editorial 
Board of Genetics, with Prof. George H. Shull, Princeton Univer- 
sity, as managing editor. 
Record.—Administrative quarterly. The four numbers pub- 
lished in 1923 constitute volume XII, with 136 pages, and 14 half- 
tone illustrations. The January number comprises the Prospectus, 
and the April number the Annual Report of the Garden. The di- 
rector of the Garden is the editor. 
Memoirs.—Period of issue irregular. Volume II, The vegeta- 
tion of Long Island; Part I, The vegetation of Montauk, by Nor- 
man Taylor, curator of plants and plantations, comprises 108 pages 
and 30 text-figures, and was published June 11, 1923. 
Contributions—Numbers 29-32 were published during the year. 
Each number comprises a reprint of one paper. 
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