AMERICAN 
JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
Devoted to All Branches of Botanical Science 
Established 19 14 
EDITED BY A COMMITTEE OF THE 
BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 
EDITORIAL COMMITTEE 
C. E. Allen, Editor-in-Chief, 
University of^fVisconsin 
William Crocker, L. ,R. Jones, 
University of Chicago . University of Wisconsin 
C. Stuart Gager, Business Manager Edgar W. Olive, 
Brooklyn Botanic Garden Brooklyn Botanic Garden 
R.A.Harper, Jacob R. Schramm, 
Columbia University Cornell University 
C. L. Shear, Bureau of Plant Industry 
(Representing American Phytopathological Society) 
The Journal is published monthly, except during August and September, 
Subscription price, $6,00 a year. Single copies 70 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. Postage to Canada 20 cents a volume on annual subscrip- 
tions ; to all other countries in the Postal Union, 40 cents a volume on annual sub- 
scriptions. 
The pages of the Journal are open to members of the Botanical Society of 
America, or to candidates approved for membership. 
Manuscript offered for publication should be typewritten, and should in all 
cases be submitted to the Editor-in-Chief. 
Papers are limited to 20 pages in length, exclusive of plates, except that ad- 
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page). 
Proofs should be corrected immediately on receipt, and returned to American 
Journal of Botany, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Illustrations, other than zinc etchings, and tabular matter should, in general, 
be restricted to approximately ten percent of the number of pages of text. Authors 
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for half-tones). 
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been lost in the mails.- 
Correspondence concern'ng editoral matters should be addressed to Prof. C. E. 
Allen, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin. 
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concerning reprints, should be addressed to American Journal of Botany, Brook- 
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