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. D., COLUMBUS, OHIO. 
EDITOR'S NOTES. 
There seems to be a difference of opinion, at least a differ¬ 
ence in practice, in regard to the proper mode of giving the 
date in a citation from a periodical publication — and therefore 
the editor is provoked to make a comment. 
First, let the question be raised, as to where in the periodical 
the actual date of issue should be printed. Only one answer can, 
it seems to us, be given, namely, at the bottom of the last page. 
Most of the periodicals follow 7 this plan; a few however give 
this date in the subsequent No., Part or Heft, a plan that is very 
objectionable. It precludes citing anything in the No. until the 
next No. appears; it adds to the labor of making a citation or 
of getting the exact date since it always requires consulting two 
Nos. instead of one. 
If a periodical repeats on the first page of each of the issues 
its name, date, etc., that date (even if only the month and year) 
should appear in making the citation instead of the actual date 
of the issue which might be found on the last page or on the 
cover. Thus if Saceardo’s article in the Feb. (1906) No. of 
Annales be cited, the date ought to be as here given, and not 
"'5 April 1906”, which was the actual date of issue. Citation 
is primarily for place to direct the reader. If one were referred 
.to “5 April 1906” for the article he would hardly search for a 
Feb. No. — but rather for an “April No/’ (It might be desir¬ 
able to give in parenthesis after the date-designation of the No., 
also the actual date of issue.) If, however, the citation, for ex¬ 
ample pertain to the article in Hedwigia, Band XLV., Heft 3, 
by Magnus, it would necessarily be as to date, “28 Mar. 1906.” 
(No date other than that of the actual date of issue is printed.) 
This is given only on the cover — of course given at the end 
of the year or close of the volume in connection with the title- 
page, etc. 
Journal of Mycology, Vol. za, pp. 89-136, Issued June 9, 1906. 
