The Plant World 
An Illustrated Monthly Magazine of Popular Botany 
... ESTABLISHED 1897 ... 
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE WILD FLOWER PRESERVATION 
SOCIETY OF AMERICA 
EDITORS 
FRANCIS E. LLOYD, Teachers College, Columbia LTniversity. 
Charles E. Bessey, Duncan S. Johnson, 
The University of Nebraska. Johns Hopkins University. 
C. Stuart Gager, Burton E. Livingston, 
Morris High School, New York. U. S. Dep’t of Agriculture. 
William F. Ganong, Charles Lours Pollard, 
Smith College. Springfield, Mass. 
Tracy E. IIazen, Herbert M. Richards, 
Barnard College, Columbia University. Barnard College, Columbia University. 
With the Assistance of 
Mary P. Anderson, Mt. Holyoke College ; Mary M. Brackett, Wadleigh High 
School ; Jean Broadhurst, New Jersey State Normal and Model Schools; Ira D. Cardiff, 
Columbia University ; Mary C. Chedsey, The Charlton School ; Benjamin C. Gruen- 
berg, DeWitt Clinton High School; Chester A. Mathewson, Teachers College, Colum¬ 
bia University ; Winifred J. Robinson, Vassar College; S. G. Streeter, Trenton High 
School . 
The Plant World is devoted to the interests of the general reader and of students 
and teachers. It therefore seeks to present each month in non-technical form the results 
of the development of botanical knowledge in the widest sense. 
Articles embodying the results of travel and research, general observation and ex¬ 
periences in teaching are desired for publication. Authors are however especially urged 
to render such articles in non technical form. 
Subscription, $i.ooayear (12 issues); Single copies, 15 cents; Foreign postage, 
25 cents additional. If local checks are used ten cents must be added for collection. 
This charge is necessitated by the rules of the New York Clearing House. Make paper 
payable to The Plant World. 
All communications of whatever nature should be directed to 
the plant world. 
FRANCIS E. LLOYD, Editor and Publisher. 
41 N. Queen Street, Teachers College, 
Lancaster, Pa. Columbia University, New York 
Police to the R/fembers of the Wild Flower Preservation Society of America. 
On account of the complexity of the financial relations of The Plant World 
with the Wild Flower Preservation Society of America it has been arranged that the 
subscriptions of the members of this Society shall run from January to December. Each 
member will therefore receive a statement of his account reading to December, 1905. 
We trust that this will meet with your acquiescence. The proper adjustments between 
the former and present Editors will be carried out. 
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