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THE valuable article on rhubarb which appears else where in the present issue was prepared for the Kew Bulletin, the publication of which has been suspended on the ground of shortage of paper. When we see the waste of paper used in Parliamentary Reports, National Service propaganda, and by Government departments generally, and place this by the side of the amount required for the continued publication of such a periodical as the Kew Bulletin—Imperial in its scope and influencewe begin to despair that our State officials will ever possess true standards of value in matters pertaining to science. The subject is dealt with in an article on another page; and all we wish to say here is that we are glad to accord the hospitality of our columns to a contribution intended for the Kew Bulletin, and that we earnestly hope action will be taken to secure the continuance of a publication which is Tiore essential now than ever it was. So many misleading statements have recently been made about rhubarb that such an accurate account of the plant as is given in the present article, if made widely known to the public, should save much suffering and needless loss of life.