73 Muhlenbergia, Volume 3 | 
EDITORIAL 
‘The appearance of the April number in June may seem 
strange to some, but there are good reasons. The editor does 
not have an independent income, and the spring and summer 
months are the ones wherein he must labor hardest to provide 
funds for the balance of the year. This journal is far from 
being an income producer, but is issued because we know just 
such a publication is needed. There may probably be other 
delays in publication, but the whole twelve numbers will be 
issued by the end of the year. | 
The editor is certain that other people have eyes, and 
would like to have tangible proof that they are used to good 
advantage. There are many things awaiting discovery, or if 
they have been observed, have not been put into print. Our 
note about the flowers of Pentstemon heterophylius on another 
page isa case at point. Many items of that kind are awaiting 
discovery, and we should like to have you report them. Do not 
leave everything for the editor. He does not have time. 
There is a point in Mr. Osterhout’s article on the Flora of. 
Colorado to which we wish to call attention, namely, the stabil- 
ity of names. We think many people confuse two different 
propositions under this head. Many radical not to say startling 
changes have appeared of late, but the majority of them have 
to do simply with the segregation of families, genera and spe- 
cies. No question of stability is concerned in such changes. 
The elimination of Huphoréza, for instance, from our flora, is 
the natural result of discovering that true Euphoréza does not 
occur within our bounds, and the species hitherto referred to it 
are assigned to the several genera to which they rightfully be- 
long. We think the changes which have been made with pri- 
ority in view, but which have failed of accomplishinent will 
prove to be few in number. Two such cases come to mind— 
Vieckia instead of Agastache, and Spiesza instead of Aragallus. 
Some one who has time might enumerate the failures as well as 
those which have stood the test. 
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