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tuitous contributions. It cannot buy its talent, but must take 

 what material is sent to it. 



This plaint must appeal strongly to all editors of scientific 

 journals, but it could truthfully be made more pathetic still ; for, 

 while some editors groan because they " must take what material 

 is sent," most editors moan because of the material that is not 

 sent. 



Several college professors have said that we have no good 

 magazine devoted to general botany which they can recommend 

 to their students. Torreya, the more popular journal of the 

 Torrey Botanical Club, would gladly enlarge its scope and in- 

 crease the amount of its printed matter to become such a journal, 

 but the most willing and aspiring editorial board must have 

 material to edit. 



The cruse of oil and the handful of meal have been ours — 

 and that without dregs and scrapings — but help is needed from 

 more of our club members and subscribers. That would mean 

 a wider range of subjects and a better monthly selection and 

 arrangement. Then, perhaps, Torreya would be able to give 

 regularly a scholarly paper on some general phase of botany, a 

 shorter technical paper, at least one somewhat popular illustrated 

 article, reviews of current botanical books and papers, some dis- 

 cussion of apparatus, materials, and methods of interest to teachers 

 of botany, and news items of contemporary botanists and botan- 

 ical movements. To accomplish this a full editor's drawer is 

 necessary. Were it once well-filled, more subscribers or more 

 of those "who pay" would be assured — with sufficient money 

 for more numerous illustrations, which in turn would encourage 

 authors ToRREYA-ward. 



Jean Broadhurst. 



Teachers College. 



