ORNITHOLOGIST AND BOTANIST. 



BOTANIST. 



JOSEPH E. BLAIN, 



EDITOR AND PUBLISHER. 



Articles on subjects of interest to Botanists and Orni- 

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Vol. I. JANUARY, 1891. 



No. I. 



EDITORIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. 



/In sending out this, the initial number of our 

 magazine, we wish to speak a few words in our 

 own behalf. The many small papers which have 

 sprung up in the past few years, only to die after 

 one or two issues, has prejudiced the reading 

 public against magazines of this size. How- 

 ever, there seems to be no reason why small 

 papers should not be as successful as larger ones 

 if they are as interesting to their readers. With 

 this in mind, we have begun the publication of 

 our magazine. It will be eight pages in size till 

 it's patronage warrants an' increase, and will con- 

 tain only the brightest and most interesting arti- 

 cles on birds and flowers. Advertisements will 

 not be allowed to encroach upon the reading 

 matter but will be placed upon the cover which 

 is to be added. Will you not aid us to make 

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An examination of this number will show that 

 the articles are all by well-known writers, several 

 of whom will continue to write for us. We ex- 

 pect to make following numbers equal to this in 

 every respect and in order to increase our corps 

 of writers we invite contributions from those to 

 whom we send this issue. 



lower than that of other magazines of the same 

 size, as we wish to place this publication with- 

 in the reach of all. Surely, anyone can afford 

 twenty cents! For two dimes, which may be 

 sent at our risk in a strong envelope, we will 

 mail the magazine to your address for one year. 

 For a short time we will also receive subscrip- 

 tions for six months at ten cents each. To clubs 

 of five or more we will mail the magazine for 

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Our mailing list for this month is made up of 

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 less many are incorrect. For this reason we 

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A NEW FEATURE. 



With the next issue we shall start a depart- 

 ment which will be known as our Correspond- 

 ence Column. In this it is designed to publish 

 notes about flowers and birds which, of them- 

 selves, are not long enough for a regular arti- 

 cle. In this column, also, queries will be ans- 

 wered, specimens identified, etc., etc. This 

 department will be free to everybody. Send in 

 your notes with your subscriptions. 



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Ordinarily we shall not give a subscription to 

 everyone who writes for this magazine, prefer- 

 ring to send extra copies instead. But, as we 

 wish to make succeeding issues of exceptional 

 interest, we make the following offer. To the 

 writers of the best ten articles, on birds or flowers 

 received before February 15 th, the magazine 

 will be mailed free for one year; to the writers 

 of the ten second best articles, we will mail the 

 magazine for six months; the ten third best will 

 receive the magazine for three months. The 

 writers are not limited to one article, but may 

 send in several, each of which may win a sub- 

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Every creature, no matter how brave, has 

 some other creature to be afraid of; otherwise 

 how would the world get on? — Torrey. 



