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request of the business management by our printers, has disclosed 
the fact that 1,000 words of research, with the illustrations, are 
published in American Journal of Botany at an average cost less 
than that for any other journal of equal quality of paper, press- 
work, and other details. I have given to the special Journal Com- 
mittee of the Society the data on which this statement is based. 
American Journal of Botany is sent to all paid-up members of 
the Botanical Society at one-half its regular subscription price of 
$7.00 a year, and at a rate lower than the subscription price of 
any other botanical journal of comparable size and quality. This 
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has, in some years, been possible only by generous subsidies pro- 
vided by the Brooklyn Botanic Garden from its own funds or 
obtained by the Garden from other sources. The cash contribu- 
tions from the Garden have totaled $5,284.87 since the Journal 
was established; those from other sources have totaled $3,500.00. 
Year by year the details of business management have become 
more numerous and complicated, until the Journal has become a 
major responsibility of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and a major 
demand on the time and energy of the Business Manager. 
Paragraph 3 (d) of the Agreement between the Society and the 
Garden provides that the Agreement ‘ may be terminated by either 
1all have been given 
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party only after written notice to terminate s 
to the proper official, at least one year in advance.” In view of 
the facts stated in the preceding paragraph of this letter, the 
3rooklyn Botanic Garden wishes to give notice hereby that it will 
be glad to terminate the present cooperation in the production of 
the American Journal of Botany, and to turn over to whomever 
the Society may officially designate such records, funds, and prop- 
erty of the Journal as it now has in its possession, including the 
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back volumes and odd copies now on hand. 
The Garden will be glad to have the cooperation terminated at 
the earliest convenience of the Society and not later than one year 
from January 1, 1936. 
Yours sincerely, 
(signed) C. Stuart GAGER, 
Director. 
