96 FIELD AND FOREST. 



EDITORIAL PENCILINGS. 



Flora Columbiana. — With regard to the catalogue of the plants of 

 the District; commenced in our last number, the following statements 

 may not be out of place : 



In 1830 was printed in Washington Flora CoIuDibincE Prodro- 

 mus, a catalogue of all the plants hitherto collected in the District. 



It was compiled by John A. Brereton, M. D., U. S. A., and was a 

 record of the diligent and successful explorations of the " Botatiic 

 Club," consisting of Wm. Mechlin, Wm. Rich, Alex. McWilliams, 

 M. D., Jas. W. Robbins, M. D., and the compiler, during the five 

 years preceeding. That catalogue is now out of print. 



It was, therefore, two years ago, voted by the " Potomac-Side 

 Naturalists' Club," the lineal descendent of the older organization, 

 that Dr. Geo. Vasey, Prof. J. W. Chickering, Dr. E. Foreman, Prof. 

 Wm. H. Seaman, and Mr. L. F. Ward be appointed a committee to 

 prepare a new catalogue of the Flora of the District. 



This present catalogue is the record of the botanical explorations of 

 the club, during the past three or four years. 



Doubtless many additions will be made in the future, but it has been 

 judged best, as a means of giving definiteness to further exploration, as 

 of facilitating exchanges, to issue this catalogue at this time. 



Volume II. — With the present number we close the first volume of 

 our little journal, and whether it has been successful or not, we must 

 leave our friends to decide. 



As to the future, convinced that the limited number of its pages in 

 its present form are insufficient, and have proved a drawback to suc- 

 cess, with the next number we shall enlarge to sixteen pages, hoping 

 to give a greater variety of reading matter, and thus make the journal 

 more interesting and useful. 



The first number of the second volume will be issued for July, so as 

 to start with the middle of the year. The price will remain the same, 

 and we trust all our friends will favor us with early subscriptions, that 

 their names may be continued on the list without change. 



The July number will be mailed to all subscribers now on the list, 

 whether subscriptions are renewed or not, as a specimen number, and 

 we would be pleased to receive some new names Avith the old. 



