Some time ago we promised some keys to the flowers 

 based upon their colors. It should not be concluded that 

 they have been forgotten since they have not yet appeared. 

 It has been thought best to have them appear at the end 

 of the series of articles for the beginner now being pub- 

 lished, as being likely to be of most use in that connection. 



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Members of the American Botanical Club should re- 

 member that there is but a short time left in which to sub- 

 mit reports in competition for the prizes offered to the 

 Club. In addition to the honor of having written the 

 best report, the choice of an}^ manual of botany is a re- 

 ward well worth working for. The second prize is a copy 

 of Bailey's "Botanizing," and there are three other prizes 

 of subscriptions to the B OT akist. Reports must be re- 

 ceived by June 15, 1903. Any member may compete and 

 the reports may be upon any botanical subject. Every 

 member should send at least one report to the President^ 

 and two are better than one. 



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In writing of certain species of grass in the Botanical 

 Gazette for March, A. S. Hitchcock, of the United States 

 Department of Agriculture, says of one of them, "The 

 Rochester Code would require that the specific name cyno- 

 suroides be applied to the Linnasan plant, but I will leave 

 the transfer for those who are thus inclined/' This shows 

 a commendable spirit of forebearance and one all too rare 

 among botanists. Having discovered that this name 

 could be transferred, most botanists would have jumped 

 at the chance to do it. It is pleasing to see an officer of 

 the government refuse to change w^ell known names mere- 

 ly for the sake of "priority." May his kind increase. 



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It seems that in our recent note in this journal con- 

 cerning the longevity of botanists we cited comparatively 



