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 A. S. Hitchcock, 
Brooklyn Botanic Garden Bureau of Plant Industry 
Irving W. Bailey, L. R. Jones, 
Bussey Institution University of Wisconsin 
H. H. Bartlett Edgar W. Olive, 
University of -Michigan Brooklyn Botanic Garden 
The Journal, is published monthly, except during August and September. 
Subscription price, ^4.00 a year. 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, arid 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 s 
scriptiOns. 
The pages of the Jouraal are open to members of the Botanical Societj 
America, or candidates approved for membership. ^ 
Manuscript offered for publication should be typewritten, and should iri' 
cases be submitted to the Editor-in-Chief. 
Papers are limited to 24 pages in length, exclusive of plates, except that 
ditional pages may be arranged for at cost rates to authors. ' 
Proofs should be corrected immediately on receipt, and returned to American 
Journal of Botany, Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Illustrations, other than ?:inc etchings, and tabular matter should, in general, 
be restricted to approximately ttin per cent, of the number of pages of text. Authors 
may be charged at cost rates for illustrations and tabular matter in excess of that 
amount. 
Separates should be ordered when proof is returned. Fifty copies v/ithout cover 
will be supplied free; cover apd additional copies at cost. 
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Claims for missing numbers should be made within 30 days following their 
date of mailing. The publishers will supply missing numbers free only when they 
have been lost in the mails. 
Correspondence concerning editorial matters should be addressed to Prof. F. 
C. Newcombe, 9 Geddos 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- 
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