AMERICAN 
JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
Devoted to All Branches of Botanical Science 
Established 1914 
EDITED BY A COMMITTEE OF THE 
BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 
EDITORIAL committee 
F. C. Newcombe, Editor-in-Chief, 
University of Michigan 
C. Stuart Gager, Business Manager L. R. Jones, 
Brooklyn Botanic Garden University of Wisconsin 
R.A.Harper, George T. Moore, 
Columbia University Missouri Botanical Garden 
Duncan S. Johnson, Edgar W. Olive, 
Johns Hopkins University Brooklyn Botanic Garden 
The Journal is published monthly, except during July and August. The 
subscription price is $3.00 a year to members of the Botanical Society of America; 
to all others $4.00. Single copies 50 cents, plus postage. Postage will be charged 
to all foreign countries, except Mexico, Cuba, Porto Rico, Panama Canal Zone, 
Republic of Panama, Hawaii, Philippine Islands, Guam, Samoan Islands, and 
Shanghai. 
Manuscript offered for publication should be typewritten, and proof submitted 
to authors should be returned as soon as possible to American Journal of Botany, 
Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Illustrations will in general be limited to one full page, or its equivalent, for each 
ten pages of text. 
Separates should be ordered when proof is returned. Fifty popies without cover 
will be supplied free; cover and additional copies at cost. 
Remittances should be made payable to American Journal of Botany. , Ten 
cents must be added to all checks not drawn on New York City banks. 
Correspondence concerning editorial matters should be addressed to Prof. F. 
C. Newcombe, 9 Geddes Heights, Ann Arbor, Mich. 
Business correspondence, including notice of change of address, and directions 
concerning reprints, should be addressed to American Journal of Botany, Brook- 
lyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn, N. Y., or 41 North Queen Street, Lancaster, Pa. 
