In our note on the American Beauty Rose in our last, we referred to the Florist. The American Florist was of course referred to, as there is no other magazine of the name now - the English Florist and Pomologist having stopped publication. Our neighbors might be glad of the opportunity to shorten their title, as that is the order of the day among the roses the florists deal in; but as they prefer the long name to the short one, we cheerfully make the correction desired.

A note from our excellent young contemporary, the American Florist, some time since reminded us that credits would be more acceptable when given to the "American Florist" than to the "Am. Florist" or " Florist." We suggested that though we should be happy to accommodate our friends, we wondered why, in these days, they had encumbered themselves with such an unnecessarily long name. In our mind " Florist" would have been just as well, seeing there is no other magazine of that name.

We are glad to note that they are falling in with our views. In the issue of August 1st we learn that "Mr. May calls the attention of the Florist;" that "the Florist does not intend," and that "the Florist in its seed trade department has," and so forth; all of which indicates that the long name, as originally adopted, is half repented of.

Many a magazine with a long name, if the owners had to go over the job again, would, in these days of short-loving names, crop their cognomens by one-half.