EDITORIAL 



The reason for the tardy appearance of the present number 

 of this magazine is the fact that the editor has been hampered 

 b}' a lack of the right kind of manuscript. With surprising 

 egotism he feels perfectly equal to writing the whole issue every 

 time, but with becoming modesty he prefers that others be 

 given first place if they will take it. So he has held back a bit. 

 Of course all of our old readers know that the numbers will 

 ultimately appear : it is only the newer subscribers that fear the 

 magazine has suspended publication when it does not appear 

 on time. However, we need more manuscript, but it must be 

 of the right kind. During the past quarter v\'e have refused 

 enough material to fill the magazine several times, because it 

 did not exactly fit our scope. It does seem, however, as if 

 among- all our readers there must be many more with eyes to 

 see the interesting things in plant life and sufiicient literary 

 ability to describe them attractively. W'e are well aware that 

 our readers are not mere plant collecting- amateurs — they would 

 not be our readers if they were — and this makes their failure 

 to contribute their observations all the more remarkable. If no 

 response is received to our appeal for more manuscripts, the 

 editor will be tempted to issue through the magazine a new 

 booklet he has been making on the colors of flowers. 



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AA'e have been hig-hly honored — the New York Public 

 Library has asked us to send them this magazine regularly. 

 However, thev^ask us to send it free, and, after turning this 

 proposition over in our minds for a while, we do not feel so 

 hiehlv honored after all. AA'e rather dislike to be taken for 



