EDITORIAL. 



One volume of this magazine still remains to be is- 

 sued before it joins The American Botanist to make a 

 single larger publication. For this last volume we be- 

 speak the same support that our readers have so readily 

 given in the past. Although the magazine is almost 

 irretrievably behind its dates, the numbers are sure to 

 be issued some time during the year, if for no other 

 reason than that its affairs must be closed up before 

 the new journal can appear. Preparations for the 

 1912 volume are well under way and we can announce 

 now that the numbers will contain at least four im- 

 portant fern floras. Those for Michigan, Massachu- 

 setts and Illinois are already promised and with the 

 Indiana flora, published in this number, well covered 

 the country from Maine and Ontario to Michigan, 

 Iowa and Kentucky. Further south, Georgia and all 

 the Gulf States are represented with the exception of 

 Alabama and Mississippi and on the West Coast only 

 Oregon fails to be included. Anyone possessing this 

 series can get a better idea of the exact distribution of 

 the fernworts than any single book can hope to pre- 

 sent. In addition to the fern floras, there will be the 

 usual number of other articles, rare forms of fern- 

 worts, pteridographia, etc. We trust that every one 

 of our present subscribers will resolve to see the maga- 

 zine through to the end. 



If you do not find a bill in this number, it is an indi- 

 cation that your subscription will not expire until the 

 magazine does. All others will be billed to the end of 

 the year, but no farther. For the first time since the 

 magazine began publishing we are not inviting sub- 

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