EDITORIAL. 
UNDER THE CAPTION “American nomenclature,” the editor of ine 
Journal of Botany prints in the July number a portion of a private | oe 
ter from some American correspondent in which occurs the pow oe 
“The only two botanical journals lled reforme 
oe The journals in question will not accept articles which give 
a true account of what has been sai nst the A as why Be 
Berlin and Vienna. A notice stating the facts was sent to Sczence, 
but was declined.” tap sce 
Inasmuch as the editor has sufficient grace to recognize this ¢ . gel 
of suppression of the truth as a serious one, it would seem to 2 
been his duty to determine whether it was true or false before aie 
lishing it. He could hardly have failed to observe that the Gaze xa 
has been publishing articles adverse to the reform movement in 
of it. Another, likewise adverse, is published in this number. hi 
challenge our readers to say whether this shows a spirit of fairness 4 
a desire to suppress discussion. Does it even indicate an Page 
to refuse “articles which give a true account of what has been sal 
against the American system?” ice 
So much the editor of the Journal could have inferred from the na 
tion of the Gazerre. It is enough to raise at least a presumption t 5 
his correspondent’s statement was untrue. But he prefers to poke 
that what the Gazette has rejected has been rejected for the purp° 
of suppressing the truth. : 
A MATTER of fact the GazeTre has rejected but one article oo 
the subject of nomenclature. The article “suppressed” by Science was 
rejected by us because it contained numerous objectionable Oe kat 
alities. In returning the MS., we took pains to inform the author t e 
we objected only to the personalities, zof to his opinion on nomen ee 
ture, and that if the personalities were eliminated the paper would 2 
accepted. When the MS. was returned to the editor, however, . ~ 
been so greatly amplified that it would have filled at least thirtee 
pages of the Gazetre. It was therefore returned to the writer with be 
request to condense it, and he was offered any space up to five eet 
(about the space required by the original paper), but he declined 
alter the MS., and finally withdrew it. : nt 
Ir Is DIFFICULT to believe that awish to be fair to what he is plea: 
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