. The American botanist : a monthly journal for the plant lover. Botany. EDITORIAL This number of the magazine is the first one issued since a considerable number of new names have been added to our hsts as a result of a campaign for subscribers, and it seems fitting that we take this opportunity to make a few statements by way of introduction. We may begin, then, by saying that this is the only botanical magazine in North America that is not subsidized by some botanical club or institution. Its motto has ever been a paraphrase of that somewdiat inelegant though expressive command ''Root hog o
. The American botanist : a monthly journal for the plant lover. Botany. EDITORIAL This number of the magazine is the first one issued since a considerable number of new names have been added to our hsts as a result of a campaign for subscribers, and it seems fitting that we take this opportunity to make a few statements by way of introduction. We may begin, then, by saying that this is the only botanical magazine in North America that is not subsidized by some botanical club or institution. Its motto has ever been a paraphrase of that somewdiat inelegant though expressive command ''Root hog or die," So' far it has shown a commendable disposition to root. The editor, like the editors of all other botanical publications, whatsoever, earns his salary in other fields and runs the magazine for his own amusement, though it is customary to throw some bluff about it and to intimate that his hours of profitless labor are spent ''for the good of the cause" or "because of his devotion to botanical ; In no' sense, however, does he consider this his own private publication. He expects his subscribers, readers, and friends (the terms are not always synonymous) to supply sufficient matter to fill it and when they neglect this golden opportunity, as they so frequently do, he has to do it himself. Often he waits so long to see what his contributors will do, that he gets hopelessly behind, as in the present instance. Such delays , though mildly irritating, do not much disturb the old subscribers who know from past experience that every number will appear sooner or later and reason that the delay is probably more their own fault than it is the editor's. The magazine is always decidedly in need of the right kind of articles. If we. 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 Binghamt
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