EDITORIAL. 



Readers of this magazine have not yet heard all the 

 reasons for the delay of the January number. When the 

 magazine came from the printer we found it had been 

 printed by mistake on a cheap bluish-white paper, not 

 at all like the paper we use. The issue was then nearly 

 three months late and we were greatly tempted to send 

 it out and trust to luck that our subscribers would not 

 discover the difference. The magazine is still printed at 

 Binghamton, N. Y., and sent to us for mailing and the 

 time consumed in transportation meant more delay, but 

 the editor, who gets more pay from the appearance of 

 the magazine than he does from its income, decided that 

 it must be reprinted, and reprinted it was. The most 

 singular part of the matter was the fact that not more 

 than a dozen subscribers complained of the delay, and 

 these were mostly big public libraries. We wish to 

 say. however, that we thoroughly appreciate the patience 

 of our readers and hope we shall not be called upon to 

 try them in this way again. If anyone would like a 

 copy of that spoiled edition we will be glad to send it, 

 with our compliments. It will serve to show what vigi- 

 lance is necessary, to keep the magazine up to the high 

 standard we have set for it. 



To our way of thinking, the article on nomenclature 

 by Mr. Parish in this issue does not clear the Vienna 

 Congress from making a very foolish rule regarding 

 varietal names. When a plant is named it is named, and 

 no amount of juggling will change the facts. It makes 

 no difference what the namer thought of the plant's rank 



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