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, 
Unvversity of Michigan Brooklyn Botanic Garden 
The Journal is published monthlj, except during August and September. 
Subscription price, $4.00 a jear. 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, Saraoan 
Iblands, 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 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 24 pages in length, exclusive of plates, except that ad- 
ditional pages may be arranged for at cost rates to authors. 
Proofs should be corrected immediately on receipt, arid returned to American 
Journal of Botanj^ Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Illustrations, other than zinc etchings, and tabular matter should, in general, 
be restricted to approximately fen 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 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. 
Claims for missing numbers should be made within 30 days following their 
da:te 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 Geddcs 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. 
