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changes, where they will be placed at the disposal of the botanical 
public in a large center of population; a permanent place to store 
and properly care for back numbers; and the cooperation and sup- 
port of a scientific staff. Most essential of all, the Garden has 
assumed sufficient financial responsibility, in addition to the sup- 
port of the Society, to assure the monetary success of the venture, 
and the agreement, entered into for a period of three years, will, 
it is believed, prove to be of mutual advantage. 
- The need of additional facilities for publishing the results of 
botanical research has been felt in the United States for some 
time. During the past few years the amount of research has 
increased much faster than the facilities for publication, so that 
papers have frequently to lie in the editorial office from twelve to 
eighteen months before publication. On this account many papers 
lose their timeliness or importance before they can be issued. 
The Garden bespeaks the support of all its friends in the form 
of papers for publication, and of advertisements and subscrip- 
tions. The subscription price to all persons not members of the 
Botanical Society of America is four dollars a year; to members 
of the Botanical Society, three dollars. 
A sample copy of the first number may be had on application. 
Communications concerning editorial matters should be addressed 
to Prof. F. C. Newcombe, 9 Geddes Heights, Ann Arbor, Mich. ; 
business communications to American Journal of Botany, Brook- 
lyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn, N.Y. 
Cosine: 

NOTES 
On September 17-20, 1913, the Botanic Garden staff moved 
from the temporary quarters occupied since the fall of I910, in 
the Central Museum, to the first section of the new laboratory 
building in the Garden. During the past three years, the work of 
developing the Garden has assumed such proportions that this 
first section was entirely outgrown before it was occupied, and 
the need for the second section is urgent. Application has been 
made for an appropriation for the construction of the next section. 
