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Native Plants Journal 8.1 (2007) 1

From the Editor
R. Kasten Dumroese

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Since its inception, a goal of Native Plants Journal has been to provide folks the latest information on growing and planting native plants. In support of that goal, I'm pleased to tell you about 2 of our latest steps forward into current-day technology. Starting now, potential authors should use our new manuscript submission system found at http://npj.msubmit.net; I'll be most appreciative of your participation in this process. This system allows authors to upload text, table, and figure files, after which, the system automatically converts them into a PDF that can then be reviewed for content. Moreover, once accepted for publication, the articles follow a mostly paperless flow to layout and publishing. This should help me and my dedicated associate editors ensure that all submissions move through the system in a timely manner. And, like all new technology, I thank you in advance for your patience as we all learn the new system.

As you may already know, our publisher, Indiana University Press, introduced INscribe, its e-publishing platform, earlier this year. If you subscribe to the electronic version or the combined print/electronic version of NPJ on INscribe, you will be able to search for, access, and download any articles published from volume 5, issue 2 (Fall 2004) through the most current issue. We hope soon to be offering e-anthologies—topic summaries—of articles previously published in NPJ and bundled for improved access. And, all articles published before Fall 2004 (all 107 of them) will continue to be available in a searchable database at http://www.nativeplantnetwork.org. Articles published from Fall 2004 forward will have their abstracts available there as well. We hope that facilitates your search for information.

While you are at http://www.nativeplantnetwork.org, check the protocol database, too. We currently have more than 2400 protocols in the system. Some discuss only germination, some only seed cleaning, and some the whole gamut of propagation. Kudos to the propagators who willingly supply information we all can use.

This issue contains 10 more informative articles dealing with native plants and their propagation. We can always use more content, particularly from you ingenious folks who develop specialty gadgets to make work easier and from those of you propagating difficult or unusual species. We can help you move your information into print. Please contact me.

As always, thank you for your support of Native Plants Journal, and tell a friend about us.

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