. The American botanist : a monthly journal for the plant lover. Botany. EDITORIAL. The reason for the tardy appearance of the present number of this magazine is the fact that the editor has been hampered b}' a lack of the right kind of manuscript. With surprising egotism he feels perfectly equal to writing the whole issue every time, but with becoming modesty he prefers that others be given first place if they will take it. So he has held back a bit. Of course all of our old readers know that the numbers will ultimately appear: it is only the newer subscribers that fear the magazine has suspe
. The American botanist : a monthly journal for the plant lover. Botany. EDITORIAL. The reason for the tardy appearance of the present number of this magazine is the fact that the editor has been hampered b}' a lack of the right kind of manuscript. With surprising egotism he feels perfectly equal to writing the whole issue every time, but with becoming modesty he prefers that others be given first place if they will take it. So he has held back a bit. Of course all of our old readers know that the numbers will ultimately appear: it is only the newer subscribers that fear the magazine has suspended publication when it does not appear on time. However, we need more manuscript, but it must be of the right kind. During the past quarter v\'e have refused enough material to fill the magazine several times, because it did not exactly fit our scope. It does seem, however, as if among- all our readers there must be many more with eyes to see the interesting things in plant life and sufiicient literary ability to describe them attractively. W'e are well aware that our readers are not mere plant collecting- amateurs—they would not be our readers if they were—and this makes their failure to contribute their observations all the more remarkable. If no response is received to our appeal for more manuscripts, the editor will be tempted to issue through the magazine a new booklet he has been making on the colors of flowers. ;Jjc ^ AA'e have been hig-hly honored—the New York Public Library has asked us to send them this magazine regularly. However, thev^ask us to send it free, and, after turning this proposition over in our minds for a while, we do not feel so hiehlv honored after all. AA'e rather dislike to be taken for. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Binghamton, N. Y. : Willard N. Clute &
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