During the past few months new subscriptions to this 
magazine have been coming it at a rate that has not been 
equalled in some time. Those who prophesied that the 
interest in nature only extended to learning the names ot 
plants were decidedly mistaken. Our efforts to provide 
interesting and accurate information about the plants is 
being more and more appreciated and if the present boom 
continues we shall soon add more pages to the magazine. 
With the removal of the office of publication to JoHet, 111., 
where the work of making the magazine can proceed 
under the direct supervision of the editor, we expect not 
onlv to be able to appear on time, but to add to the mag- 
azine much of value that cannot be given when edited at 
long range. The business office will remain as formerly 
in Binghamton, but subscriptions mav be sent to either 
office. This will enable western subscribers to get replies 
to their letters much earlier than heretofore. 
If an^- numbers are missing from your files of volumes 
7, 8 and 9 of the magazine, we shall be glad to replace 
them free if notified at once. This offer no longer extern; s 
to the earlier volumes, some of which are fast approach- 
ing the time when they will be out of print. If j'oudonot 
possess a full set of these earh^ numbers, better get them 
before the rise in price. We believe that we do not exag- 
gerate when we state that at least a third of those whose 
names appear in the botanical magazines, have full files ot 
this publication. The back numbers form an encyclopedia 
(jf botanical facts that cannot be duplicated K)r the price 
anywhere. 
The editor of Indian Planting and Gardening, com- 
menting on the New Jersey tea article in a recent number 
