THE AMERICAN BOTANIST. 
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The Oldest Botanical Magazine. — They apparently 
have more tenacity of purpose on the other side of the 
Atlantic than we have. According to The Gardening 
World the London Botanical Magazine has appeared 
uninterruptedly for one hundred and eighteen years. In 
America, publications may begin with the intention of 
living that long, but the publishers usually compromise 
by excluding the hundred years and few are able to exist 
for the other eighteen. We pride ourselves upon being a 
versatile people but stick-to-it-iveness is often as much of 
a virtue as versatility. 
That Stable Nomenclature.— Less than a year ago 
we referred in these columns to the fate that has befallen 
the actinella at the hands of the name tinkers. For a 
great number of ^'^ears certain plants were known as 
members of the genus Actinella. Since stable" nomen- 
clature became the rage, the name has been changed to 
Picradenia by Britton and to Tetraneuris by Greene. 
Now comes a new aspirant for fame and makes it 
Hymenoxys, If anyone can think up a more unpro- 
nounceable combination let him attack this defenseless 
genus. Meanwhile we will call it Actinella and be under- 
stood, at least. 
Triple Jack-in-the-Pulpit. — Last spring while I 
was searching for some specimens at the Gorge, a summer 
resort near Akron, I found a triple '^Jack-in-the-pulpit/' 
or ''Indian Turnip" as it is sometimes called. The 
pulpits were well shaped and of ordinary size. Two of 
the Jacks were grown together and the other was slightly- 
separated. The plant also had two well formed leaves 
and the bulb was of ordinary size. When it began to fade 
I pressed and mounted it. It is one of the many curiosi- 
ties of nature. It was quite interesting to see three 
'* Jack-in-the -pulpits " grown together and being borne by 
one stem. It brought a thought to my mind of three 
ministers of the same denomination preaching on the true 
text "Love of Nature is Love of God." — Edward L. Cope) 
Akron, Ohio. 
