EDITORIAL. 
WITH THIS NUMBER the BOTANICAL GAZETTE passes into the posses- 
sion of the University of Chicago. The only change that will be ap- 
Parent to readers will come from the much larger opportunity of serv- 
ing botany, for the same editors will remain in charge, and the general 
Purpose of the journal will continue to be the same. The establish- 
ment of a Department of Botany, and the appointment of the senior 
editor as head professor, justifies the University of Chicago in assum- 
ing financial responsibility for the publication of the GazETTE, which 
has been brought to its present standing by private enterprise. That 
this has been possible demonstrates its adaptation to the needs of 
American botanists, as well as their cordial appreciation. Now that it 
'Sabout to enter upon a period of strong financial support it expects to 
meet these needs in the fullest possible way, and more abundantly de- 
“erve the good-will of its readers. 
It should be clearly understood that the GazETTE is to be even 
nore freely open to the botanists of the world than it has been in the 
~ It is not to be the organ of the botanical department of any 
“niversity, but it belongs to all botanists everywhere. Its relation to 
ba University of Chicago is simply to bring it that permanence and 
Possibility of development which the present condition of botanical 
“lence demands, 
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