Orb ana 
35 January, 1919 
Dear Mr.Deane:— 
We were very glai to receive the Christmas ©or& from you and also your* letter 
which reached me yesterday.I am interested in all you say,particularly in regard 
to Rhodora .I certainly trust that no steps will be taken to discontinue it,for,as 
you say,that would be fatll.Would it not be possible to make certain changes which 
would tend oohh to reduce the cost of publishing it end to increase its circula¬ 
tion? What occur to me are these. I was recently ^through Tor-reyo in order 
to look out for any articles bearing upon the flora of the White Mountains and I 
was struck by two things, as general impressions. Firth,, tbe wide range of articles 
admitted into it,as contrasted with the somewhat narrow geographical limits set 
in Rhodora .I well understand that this is intentional on the part of Rhodora, but 
still I question, as I have heard others question before,-whether# a greeter geo¬ 
graphical inclusiveness would not pay better ifa the long run.It would also have th 
advantage of bringing our nomenclatorial views more prominently and aggressively 
into attention over the country instead of having then thought of and referred to 
so complacently as the peculiar views of the*Cambridge botanists'.Secondly,as I 
have repeatedly suggested,I feel that news of the doings of the Club should be 
given some place in the Club's journal.Thereto,as you know,has a short column of 
reports in regard to the club meetings and other pertinent news every month,and I 
found myself,in spite of my intentions of sticking to the scientific articles, 
stopping every now and then to read some of these,which lent a personal interest 
to tbe journal which Rhodora sometimes lacks.I should n't,of course,recommend,that 
a great deal of space be given to this,but I feel pretty sure that some,judieious- 
ly expended,would increase the circulation considerably,especially among non-resi¬ 
dent members,amateurs,and botanists far from botanical ©enters and libraries,where 
other sources of such news are not abundant.The experience of technical journals 
in other rielis has abundantly shown,I think,the wisdom of such a course.The natu- 
