AMERICAN 
JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
Early Publication of Scientific Papers 
To Members of the Botanical Society of America: 
The American Journal of Botany has in hand, Regularly, enough manuscript 
copy to fill approximately a volume. A paper submitted for publication will, 
therefore, under present conditions appear in from ten months to one year from 
the date of receipt. Papers accepted for publication are published strictly in the 
order of their receipt. 
Beginning with the issue for October, 1923, the Journal has adopted a plan 
whereby contributors may, by assuming the entire cost of publication, secure the 
inclusion of their manuscript in the first copy to be forwarded to the printer after 
the manuscript has been accepted by the Editorial Board. It should be noted 
that copy must be sent to the printer from three to four months prior to the date 
of publication. The publication of papers provided for by this plan will, in effect, 
add a corresponding number of pages to the issue of the Journal in which such a 
paper appears. It will in no case cause a delay in the appearance of other papers. 
Under this plan 50 reprints, without covers, will be supplied free by the Journal, 
as usual. Additional copies and covers will be supplied at cost. 
It is felt that institutions may at times be glad to meet this expense in order to 
secure the prompt publication of papers by members of their faculties or staffs, 
and that the opportunity may be appreciated by individuals in connection with 
the prompt publication of graduate theses and other papers whose prompt publica¬ 
tion is important. Papers to be published under this plan are subject to the same 
rules that govern other papers, as to substance and form of presentation. It is 
hoped that the Journal may, at a not too distant time, be placed upon a financial 
basis that will make possible the prompt publication of all suitable papers sub¬ 
mitted. The present plan is not, therefore, offered as a final solution of the present 
difficult problem of scientific publication. 
Order-blanks for publication under the plan above outlined may be obtained from 
the Editor-in-Chief. 
American Journal of Botany. 
June 1, 1923. 
