Journal of Mtcologt 
A Periodical Devoted to North American Mycology. Issued Bi¬ 
monthly; January , March , May , July , September and November. 
Price , $2.00 per Year. To Foreign Subscribers , $2.25. Edited and 
Published by ^ ^ KELLERMAN, PH. £)., COLUMBUS , Otf/0. 
EDITOR'S NOTES. 
The matter of concise and uniform citation in connection 
with publication of scientific matter is an affair of such impor¬ 
tance and as such so universally recognized that no comment 
further need be made here; yet do not Periodicals have a duty 
to perform in the way of facilitating this matter? Are not one 
or two scientific magazines yet direlict? 
These items should invariably be given as a running head 
line, in addition to page number; on the left page the Name of 
the Journal, and the Volume Number; on the right, the date 
(immediately opposite and adjacent to the vol. no.), and the 
Topic of the article (the author’s name may be prefixed if de¬ 
sired). If it is a New Series, or Second or Third Series, etc., 
the proper abbreviations should be prefixed to the Volume No. 
The Serial No. of the issue should not be given in the running 
head lines. _ 
Every periodical should (and practically all do) have a 
cover. This is very convenient for very mnay purposes — and 
one of these is the conspicuous display of the Serial No. of the 
issue. It is a convenience to the librarian who keeps periodicals 
in order for patrons, and no less to the person consulting the file. 
But no reference to the No. should be included in an ordinary 
citation of literature. The volume and page are ordinarily suffi¬ 
cient but the date is sometimes advantageous in looking up a 
reference, though the less the searcher has to hold in mind while 
hunting the better. We repeat: The Serial No. should not be 
given on any page of a scientific publication, but should be con¬ 
spicuous on the cover, the latter to be discarded when the Nos. 
are bound into a volume. 
Professor Schaffner has kindly seen this No. through the 
press during the absence of the editor. 
Journal of Mycology , Vol. 12, pp. 1-40, Issued Mar. 8, 1906. 
