V0 T E 2 VIL I JOURNAL OF MYCOLOGY. 
{ ISSUED 
) Mar. 10, 1892. 
ANNOUNCEMENT. 
With the present number of the Journal there is a new departure 
in relation to the Index to Literature. Heretofore it has been confined 
to American publications, but in this and subsequent numbers the scope 
will be enlarged to include foreign papers. The arrangement also will 
hereafter be different$ instead of being strictly alphabetical the papers 
will be arranged according to subjects. This will render it easier to look 
up any special subject, and it is believed will make the Index more 
valuable. The papers will be noticed by different members of the divi¬ 
sional force, and initials appended to each review will indicate the re¬ 
sponsibility for the notice. 
The Index is designed especially to aid Experiment Station workers 
and others in this country who do not have access to the more impor¬ 
tant literature on plant diseases and allied subjects. In order to make 
the Index more valuable, especially as regards accessibility, it is sug¬ 
gested that the various items be cut out, pasted on cards, and then 
arranged alphabetically according to authors and subjects. For this 
purpose we use the Library Association’s standard cards, No. 32, 5 by 
12J centimeters. By adopting this method, new cards may be inserted 
at anytime, thus making it possible to keep all of one author’s writings 
together, or all that has been written on any one subject. Those desir¬ 
ing to adopt this plan can obtain extra copies of the Index by writing 
for them. 
In order that we may make the Index as complete as possible, it is 
earnestly requested that authors everywhere forward to the Divi¬ 
sion of Vegetable Pathology tlieir publications relating to plant diseases 
as soon as they are issued. These will be kept on file in the divisional 
library for convenient reference. 
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