THE AMERICAN BOTANIST 



37 



There is no botanical magazine in the world that offers so much 

 for so little and we trust that all who have ever been on our 

 subscription lists will order the new magazine. 



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With this issue we begin paying for all contributions 

 used. The amount at present is not large, but it is at least 

 a beginning and more than any of the other botanical magazines 

 pay. Our way has always been to begin on a scale that we 

 know can be carried through and to increase as circumstances 

 warrant. For this year, then, we shall oft'er 25 cents a page, 

 payable on publication. Less than three-fourths of a page 

 will not count, though we will pay 25 cents for each item of 

 half a page or over that can be used in Xote and Comment. 

 We expect all contributors to be subscribers and if they are 

 not paid for a year in advance when the article appears, they 

 will be charg'ed for a year's subscription and the amount 

 deducted from the amount clue. Illustrated articles are 

 especially desired, though we shall continue to value brains 

 above the camera. 



A word may also be added as to the kind of articles we 

 want. First of all they should be short, and they should avoid 

 the categorical. Contributions consisting of a set of para- 

 graphs, each of which relates to a dift'erent species are, there- 

 fore, not likeh' to find favor with us. \Mien you feel the 

 inclination to write such an article coming on. flee to the back 

 3^ard and contemplate the lust}^ burdock or the pugnacious 

 Canada thistle. Properly considered either would make a 

 more acceptable article. Xor is it necessary to roam far afield 

 for subjects. Attractive articles are largely a matter of close 

 observation, real thinking and a new viewpoint, and can be 

 woven around the commonest plant in the vicinity. Think of 

 the plant that interests you most, set down in good English 

 the things that attract you and send it in. And forget botanical 



